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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

Wall Street responded well to the Bush administration’s latest bailout of giant bank Citigroup and to Barack Obama’s appointment of a financial team that draws heavily from the Clinton years.

But some of Obama’s key choices – Tim Geithner, current head of the New York Federal Reserve, and Larry Summers, former Treasury Secretary – had a hand in creating the crisis they now are asked to confront.

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Economics historian Timothy Canova examines the role the old Clinton team played in the current crisis.

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