George W. Bush

Obama likely to follow Bush’s foreign policy

Barack Obama, George W. BushWashington, Jan 9 : Experts have said that US President-elect Barack Obama is likely to follow President George W. Bush's foreign policy.

According to a report in Politico, the assumption is based on the backgrounds of the people Obama has chosen to shape his foreign policy, who will chart a course fairly similar to the one Bush followed during his last couple of years in office.

Under the leadership of Bush, the US has intervened more often in more countries farther from its own shores than has any power in modern history.

Bush doesn’t know how many toilets there are in the White House!

Bush doesn’t know how many toilets there are in the White House!Washington, Jan 9 : Even after being in the White House for eight years, President George W. Bush still can't tell how many toilets are there.

The American President was stumped when one of the second graders, during his visit to the Kearny School in Philadelphia, asked him how many bathrooms does the White House has- and he had no answer, reports CBS.

On being asked Bush said: "Uh - there's a lot. I'd have to spend time counting them, but there's a lot of them."

Dubya has just two weeks to keep tradition at ‘presidential eatery’

Dubya has just two weeks to keep tradition at ‘presidential eatery’New York, Jan 9 : US president George W. Bush has been issued a warning that he has only two weeks left to keep the tradition that has been going on at famed eatery `21'.

Dubya had eaten at `21' when he was the Governor of Texas, but the eatery is determined that he visits them before his tenure as president gets over.

"We''ve hosted every sitting president since FDR, but GWB hasn''t been here in his eight years," the New York Post quoted a source as saying.

Obama likely to revise Bush’s counter-terrorism efforts

Obama likely to revise Bush’s counter-terrorism effortsWashington, Jan. 8 : US President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to scrap the way President Bush oversaw domestic security in the White House and name a former Central Intelligence Agency official to coordinate future counter-terrorism efforts.

Quoting people close to the Obama transition team, the New York Times said that a plan is being discussed to eliminate the independent homeland security adviser's office and assign those duties to the National Security Council to streamline overlapping functions.

History unlikely to be kind to Bush

George W. BushWashington, Jan. 7 : History is unlikely to be kind to outgoing U. S. President George W. Bush, reports Politico.

Experts contacted by the paper-cum-website opine that Bush is departing from the White Houses with probably the lowest approval ratings for any American president, past or present.

Appraisals of presidents sometimes change over time, and sometimes they don’t.

According to Politico, Harry Truman was deeply unpopular in his time, but is now revered.

Bush tells military that its cause is ''just and right''

Bush tells military that its cause is ''just and right''Washington, Jan. 7 : President Bush on Tuesday said that when it comes to the military, his time in office will be remembered as a fight to protect the freedom of Americans and others'' freedom.

Speaking after reviewing a military parade held in his honor at Fort Myer in Arlington, Bush said: "The decisions I made as your commander in chief have not always been popular, but the cause you have served has always been just and right."

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