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• McClellan's book reveals 'flawed reasoning' of Bush's staff

  - 2008-06-04

  In USA TODAY's article about Scott McClellan's new book, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception, Ari Fleischer's remark reveals a deep flaw in the Bush administration. Fleischer is quoted as saying, "This is a wholesale jumping-ship, using the language of the other side" ("Ex-Bush...

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• Bush wants twice the funding for AIDS

  - 2008-01-25

  WASHINGTON -- President Bush will propose doubling the funding to combat HIV/AIDS overseas in his last State of the Union address Monday, one of several new initiatives he says will demonstrate his intention to "sprint to the finish" of his time in office. The five-year, $30...

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• Rove: 'Now is the right time'

  - 2007-08-14

  Karl Rove said he expects to play an informal role in the 2008 presidential race as Democrats in Congress pledged to continue pursuing ethics questions about President Bush's departing top adviser. "I've got friends in all the campaigns," Rove told USA TODAY from Air Force One...

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• President pushes boost in funding for national parks

  - 2007-02-05

  WASHINGTON -- National parks would be a big winner under President Bush's 2008 budget, and a plan to match up to $100 million annually in private donations could guarantee increases for a decade. Bush's budget, being unveiled today, would give the National Park Service $2.4 billion...

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• Focus on health care

  - 2007-01-30

  The challenge of ensuring the financial security of America's seniors is a complex problem that deserves careful analysis. USA TODAY's recent article, "Retirees up against debt," may have left readers with the impression that credit cards are the reason many seniors are facing economic hardship, while overlooking the rising cost...

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• NSA has your phone records; 'trust us' isn't good enough

  - 2006-05-12

  The government is secretly collecting the phone records of millions of Americans. Stop and think for a moment about the meaning of that simple, startling fact, exposed Thursday in a remarkable report by USA TODAY's Leslie Cauley. In the narrowest interpretation, of course, it is benign. Possibly even...

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• Proposals to cut gas prices scrutinized

  - 2006-05-11

  Consumers are fuming and politicians are steaming about high gasoline prices. President Bush recently announced his administration's plans to attack record prices, but will they work, and if so, how fast? USA TODAY Money reporters Paul Davidson and Chris Woodyard questioned energy industry executives, analysts and advocacy groups about key...

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• Busy schedules, buying options give public good reasons to bypass box office sales

  - 2006-01-27

  Will someone please pass me a tissue so I can wipe away my tears? Hollywood had a "dismal" -- translation: not a record -- 2005 and attendance continues to drop. Boo hoo ("Hollywood needs a good run," Cover story, Life, Monday). It's no accident that movie theater attendance continues...

  Tags: Bush, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Hollywood, movie, sales, USA Today

• Fox's '24' makes Smart move

  - 2006-01-09

  LOS ANGELES -- While Laura Bush enjoys her escapes to the Bush family's homestead in Crawford, Texas, Martha Logan -- the new first lady of Fox's 24 -- prefers the comforts of her husband's sprawling '50s California ranch house. But in typical 24 fashion, there will be little time for...

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• It's Reggie, bar none

  - 2005-12-02

  The last time an athlete named Reggie caused this much excitement in California, the Oakland Athletics were winning three World Series in a row and Reggie Jackson was beginning his journey to the Baseball Hall of Fame. That was before Jackson went on to New York and candy bar fame...

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