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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

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a detailed letter of congratulations to new U.S. President Barack Obama, giving hope for warmer U.S.-Iran relations. But it’s unclear how the Obama administration will respond.

Part of Obama’s problem is that he is staffing key offices at the State Department with hawkish Democrats who have had close ties both to Washington’s Israel Lobby and to neoconservatives advocating endless war against what they call “Islamo-fascism”

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Top Obama advisers, like Dennis Ross and Richard Holbrooke, also have advocated hard-line policies toward Iran and may have trouble pulling back from the Bush era’s demonization of Tehran.

News analyst Pepe Escobar examines who seems to be on Obama's side in favor of new Mideast diplomacy -- and who seems to be peddling a different agenda.

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