Flowers are seen on a table under a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt during the 2008 White House Christmas decoration preview in the East Room of the White House in Washington on December 3, 2008. The theme for this year's holiday decorations in "A Red, White And Blue Christmas." (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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How Will Bush Rank?
It is on a rather sad note that George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States, will leave the White House in a little over one month. Presidents like to be remembered for their accomplishments and they devote much energy into leaving behind a positive legacy. Of all those presidents, some great men are still remembered to this day: topping the list are George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Democratic Reform Is Coming
WASHINGTON -- The numbers of Americans who feel that we as a nation are headed in the wrong direction, or that we are in a very serious crisis, are worse than during Watergate. At the same time, our president has achieved a record low job approval (tied with Harry Truman and Richard Nixon) and Congress's approval hovers between 9 and 12 percent. Americans tell us they want a problem-solver, someone who can build consensus, is a competent manager, and has strong personal values.
SPECIAL REPORT: Kuwait Readying for War in Gulf?
The small oil-rich emirate of Kuwait – situated between Iraq, Iran and an un-enviable geographic hard place on the northern end of the Persian Gulf – has reportedly activated its "Emergency War Plan" as a massive U.S. and European armada is reported heading for the region.
EDITORIAL: Washington's waning influence
Nothing reveals the current decline of U.S. influence in the Middle East better than Syria's confident defiance of President George W. Bush's would-be thunderbolts of criticism about its latest repression of democracy and human rights activists.
Opinion: Shared destiny, shared defiance
They say that if you don't learn from history, you will be condemned to repeat it. This could not be truer when one contrasts the destinies of the Native Americans and the Palestinian people.
US pulls out of joint military drills
The US military will not participate in multinational military exercises with Egypt this year due to its mounting troop commitments elsewhere in the world, the US Embassy in Cairo said Sunday.
US forces around Iraq top 250,000
EXERCISING FOR THE MILITARY OPTION IN NORTHERN KUWAIT The United States has pressed its military buildup around Iraq, with troop strength topping 250,000, while diplomatic maneuvering over US war plans intensified at the United Nations.
War will come regardless
US COAST GUARD SEAMAN CHARITY KNOLL (R) IS GIVEN THE CONTROVERSIAL ANTHRAX VACCINATON BY CORPSMAN ANNA CHRISTINA BROTHERS IN THE GULF. A million people protesting against the coming war with Iraq here, and another 1.
