motherjones.com - 4/1/2009
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As the Bush administration comes to a close, the question of what the president got wrong is probably best answered with a short list of what he got right. It's a tough record to compile. On the domestic policy front, many of the president's signature initiatives, including No Child Left Behind ...
barelypolitical.com - 4/6/2009
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Former President Bush to Receive Environmental “Nobel Prize”
Red, Green, and Blue —
... for Excellence in Protecting the Environment. Bush was nominated for his 2006 decision to declare a remote chain of islands in Hawaii as a national monument. In making his announcement, Bush said “It’s larger than 46 of our 50 states, and more than seven times larger than all our national marine sanctuaries combined. This is a big deal”. ...
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... He’s being recognized, Amiel Blajchman says, “for his 2006 decision to declare a remote chain of islands in Hawaii as a national monument. In making his announcement, Bush said ‘It’s larger than 46 of our 50 states, and more than seven times larger than all our national marine sanctuaries combined. This is a big deal.’ ” So is the trash that isn’t being removed from the islands. ...
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Justice Department Releases Bush Administration Torture Memos
commondreams.org 4/16/2009 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2009 ACLU In
response to litigation filed by the American Civil Liberties Union
under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Justice Department
today released four secret memos used by the Bush administration to
justify torture. The memos, produced by the ...
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