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Bush End Game
George W. Bush's presidency since 2007

Bush - Second Term
George W. Bush's presidency from 2005-06

Bush - First Term
George W. Bush's presidency, 2000-04

Who Is Bob Gates?
The secret world of Defense Secretary Gates

2004 Campaign
Bush Bests Kerry

Behind Colin Powell's Legend
Gauging Powell's reputation.

The 2000 Campaign
Recounting the controversial campaign.

Media Crisis
Is the national media a danger to democracy?

The Clinton Scandals
Behind President Clinton's impeachment.

Nazi Echo
Pinochet & Other Characters.

The Dark Side of Rev. Moon
Rev. Sun Myung Moon and American politics.

Contra Crack
Contra drug stories uncovered

Lost History
America's tainted historical record

The October Surprise "X-Files"
The 1980 election scandal exposed.

International
From free trade to the Kosovo crisis.

Other Investigative Stories

Editorials

George W. Bush’s speech to the United Nations last week hailed the achievements of his “war on terror” and the so-called Bush Doctrine of preemptive war, especially the invasion of Iraq.

But – where Bush hails the supposed flowering of democracy and rejection of Islamic extremism – many foreign policy analysts see Bush’s continued delusions about the region and more false claims of success.

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Journalist/historian Gareth Porter says that even the supposed success of the Iraq troop “surge” is only the latest Washington “conventional wisdom” about Iraq that doesn’t square with reality.

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