Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2197 politics George W. Bush en-us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:35:43 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2197 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_bush_on_the_fourth ap/20090702/us_bush_on_the_fourth AP us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:35:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_bush_on_the_fourth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.a7e0a33c2a4b43839f59ab7f5de123ec.bush_on_the_fourth_okso114.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=eH4QTY15q3RB39cFIk2FGg--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Kris Day poses at her store, The Cowboy's Tack Shop in Woodward, Okla., on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Locals in Woodward, which has a population of 12,000, are calling Bush's upcoming July 4th visit the biggest event in the town's history. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - When the middle-of-nowhere town of Woodward invited George W. Bush to its Fourth of July celebration, no one really expected the former president to accept. But he did.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_bush_on_the_fourth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.a7e0a33c2a4b43839f59ab7f5de123ec.bush_on_the_fourth_okso114.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=eH4QTY15q3RB39cFIk2FGg--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="photo" title="Kris Day poses at her store, The Cowboy's Tack Shop in Woodward, Okla., on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Locals in Woodward, which has a population of 12,000, are calling Bush's upcoming July 4th visit the biggest event in the town's history. (AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_re_us/us_george_w_bush_speech ap/20090618/us_george_w_bush_speech AP us Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:11:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_re_us/us_george_w_bush_speech"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090618/capt.45a8a2c9bed44bd09d35fc87263150b6.bush_paks101.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=d8jUFnsXQwWEWvo8Theo0w--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Former President George W. Bush speaks at the Manufacturers & Business Association's 104th annual event in Erie, Pa., Wednesday, June 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former President George W. Bush said Wednesday that he hopes that his successor's plans to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will not compromise domestic security. Bush, though, maintained during an appearance in northwestern Pennsylvania that he would not criticize President Barack Obama, though he did discuss his policies.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_re_us/us_george_w_bush_speech"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090618/capt.45a8a2c9bed44bd09d35fc87263150b6.bush_paks101.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=d8jUFnsXQwWEWvo8Theo0w--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Former President George W. Bush speaks at the Manufacturers & Business Association's 104th annual event in Erie, Pa., Wednesday, June 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090613/ap_on_re_us/us_bush_parachute_jump ap/20090613/us_bush_parachute_jump AP us Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:51:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090613/ap_on_re_us/us_bush_parachute_jump"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090612/capt.bbbd49788fdc496c99ae3da7c8e31bae.bush_parachute_jump_meja102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MdtRmYavYcZyljgKB9L5Rg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Former President George H. W. Bush rides tandem with Sgt. Michael Elliott of the Army Golden Knights parachute team as he celebrates his 85th birthday with a parachute jump, Friday, June 12, 2009, over Kennebunkport, Maine. (AP Photo/Army Golden Knights, SSG Joe Abeln)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former President George H.W. Bush marked his 85th birthday on Friday the same way he did his 75th and 80th birthdays: He leaped from a plane and zoomed downward at more than 100 mph in freefall before parachuting safely to a spot near his oceanfront home.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090613/ap_on_re_us/us_bush_parachute_jump"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090612/capt.bbbd49788fdc496c99ae3da7c8e31bae.bush_parachute_jump_meja102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MdtRmYavYcZyljgKB9L5Rg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Former President George H. W. Bush rides tandem with Sgt. Michael Elliott of the Army Golden Knights parachute team as he celebrates his 85th birthday with a parachute jump, Friday, June 12, 2009, over Kennebunkport, Maine. (AP Photo/Army Golden Knights, SSG Joe Abeln)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090613/ap_on_re_us/us_bush_library_lawsuit ap/20090613/us_bush_library_lawsuit AP us Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:04:55 GMT AP - A Texas appeals court on Friday overturned a ruling that would have put former President George W. Bush under oath in a dispute involving his presidential library. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090612/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_putin_bush_sr ap/20090612/eu_russia_putin_bush_sr AP world Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:15:47 GMT AP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has sent a telegram wishing former U.S. President George H.W. Bush a happy 85th birthday, saying he deserves to be considered among the "most authoritative" world leaders. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090608/ap_on_re_us/us_barbara_bush_birthday ap/20090608/us_barbara_bush_birthday AP us Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:09:31 GMT AP - Former first lady Barbara Bush has celebrated her 84th birthday by reading to children at the inpatient unit of the Portland hospital that bears her name. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090608/ap_on_re_us/us_laura_bush_sotomayor ap/20090608/us_laura_bush_sotomayor AP us Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:39:36 GMT AP - Former first lady Laura Bush says she's pleased that President Barack Obama nominated a woman for the Supreme Court. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090603/ap_on_re_us/bush_library_lawsuit ap/20090603/bush_library_lawsuit AP us Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:55:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090603/ap_on_re_us/bush_library_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090603/capt.80a1f441df9e4c758e886cf8771753ac.bush_library_lawsuit_dn101.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=udxOZkx7JSsvXJ4jfgAMrA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Gary Vodicka stands where his condo once was and talks about the old neighborhood at the future site of the George W. Bush presidential library in Dallas, Friday, May 29, 2009. A longshot lawsuit by Vodicka who says he was forced out of his condominium to make way for presidential library has snagged an unwilling target: the former president himself. A state district judge has ordered former President Bush to answer key questions about his library's future location at Southern Methodist University,what he knew and when he knew it. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Texan is trying to put a former president under oath and find out what he knew and when he knew it. But the issue isn't national security, political skullduggery or a sex scandal.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090603/ap_on_re_us/bush_library_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090603/capt.80a1f441df9e4c758e886cf8771753ac.bush_library_lawsuit_dn101.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=udxOZkx7JSsvXJ4jfgAMrA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Gary Vodicka stands where his condo once was and talks about the old neighborhood at the future site of the George W. Bush presidential library in Dallas, Friday, May 29, 2009. A longshot lawsuit by Vodicka who says he was forced out of his condominium to make way for presidential library has snagged an unwilling target: the former president himself. A state district judge has ordered former President Bush to answer key questions about his library's future location at Southern Methodist University,what he knew and when he knew it. (AP Photo/LM Otero)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090111/pl_politico/17320 politico/20090111/17320 Politico politics Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:13:00 GMT Politico - President Bush on Sunday defended controversial interrogation measures established by his administration, arguing that techniques like water-boarding helped save American lives. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080730/pl_politico/12166 politico/20080730/12166 Politico Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:25:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080730/pl_politico/12166"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.bb98b4b3a3ec4912a32bfe5a9dbef36f.retirement_today_njme202.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=pwNNBHQPj8flStu94g_r_w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Catherine Keller, 60, sits in her Upper Saddle River, N.J., home, with Ginger, her 14 year-old dog, Tuesday, June 30, 2009. As Keller, a bank loan officer, prepares to retire, she has gone on scouting trips to North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida, checking out property and other taxes as much as home prices and proximity to hospitals. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)" border="0" /></a>Politico - With none of the fanfare that usually attends a landmark bill becoming law, President Bush signed the huge housing rescue bill just after 7 a.m. Wednesday, shortly after he arrived in the Oval Office.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080730/pl_politico/12166"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.bb98b4b3a3ec4912a32bfe5a9dbef36f.retirement_today_njme202.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=pwNNBHQPj8flStu94g_r_w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Catherine Keller, 60, sits in her Upper Saddle River, N.J., home, with Ginger, her 14 year-old dog, Tuesday, June 30, 2009. As Keller, a bank loan officer, prepares to retire, she has gone on scouting trips to North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida, checking out property and other taxes as much as home prices and proximity to hospitals. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Politico)