President Bush on Thursday proposed that airlines be allowed to fly through unused military airspace during holiday travel periods to ease congestion and delays, in particular on East Coast routes serving Florida. ...more

November 16, 2007

President Bush welcomed Michael Mukasey back into government Wednesday and promised to help the new attorney general rebuild the top leadership of the Justice Department. ...more

November 15, 2007

President Bush on Friday refused to sign into law a $23 billion national water-projects bill that would authorize tens of millions of dollars for the Tampa Bay area and billions more for other projects in Florida. ...more

November 3, 2007

President Bush on Tuesday nominated retired Army Lt. Gen. James Peake to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is struggling to make the drastic changes needed to care for the large number of wounded troops returning home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...more

October 31, 2007

President Bush's choice for attorney general told senators Friday the Constitution does not prevent the president from wiretapping suspected terrorists without a court order. ...more

October 27, 2007

Republic - The Bush administration has told Moscow it may delay activation of a proposed U.S. missile defense system in Europe until it has 'definitive proof' that Iran poses a missile threat, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday. ...more

October 24, 2007

President Bush's nominee for attorney general, Michael Mukasey, declined Thursday to say whether he considered harsh interrogation techniques such as waterboarding, which simulates drowning, to constitute torture or to be illegal if used on terrorism suspects. ...more

October 19, 2007

President Bush, raising Beijing's ire, presented the Dalai Lama on Wednesday with the U.S. Congress' highest civilian honor and urged Chinese leaders to welcome the monk to Beijing. ...more

October 18, 2007

President Bush and other Republicans stepped up their attacks on Democratic legislation that would require more oversight of surveillance within U.S. borders that is directed at foreign targets, escalating a partisan battle over the boundaries of U.S. spying. ...more

October 11, 2007

President Bush signaled a willingness Saturday to spend more than what he had recommended for a popular children's health program, but he provided no specifics on how much higher he would go. ...more

October 7, 2007