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Bush Grants His Final Presidential Turkey Pardon

added on 2008-12-04 07:30:50 (Washington Post - Politics)

President George W. Bush leaves office in 54 days with a sterling legacy. ...more.

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Round of Pardons From Bush Includes No Household Names

added on 2008-12-04 07:30:50 (Washington Post - Politics)

Breaking a logjam of hundreds of pent-up clemency requests, President Bush yesterday granted pardons to 14 people and shortened the prison terms of two others. ...more.

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At the Last Minute, a Raft of Rules

added on 2008-12-04 07:30:49 (Washington Post - Politics)

In a burst of activity meant to leave a lasting stamp on the federal government, the Bush White House in the past month has approved 61 new regulations on environmental, security, social and commercial matters that by its own estimate will have an economic impact exceeding $1.9 billion annually. ...more.

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As President Bush's Term Comes to an End, Some Well-Known Offenders Seek Pardons

added on 2008-12-04 07:30:51 (Washington Post - Politics)

With a backlog of applications piled up at the Justice Department, high-profile criminals and their well-connected lawyers increasingly are appealing directly to President Bush for special consideration on pardons and clemency, according to people involved in the process. ...more.

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Top Officers Hopeful That Obama Will Bring More Realistic View Than Bush

added on 2008-12-04 07:30:49 (Washington Post - Politics)

Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, went unarmed into his first meeting with the new commander in chief -- no aides, no PowerPoint presentation, no briefing books. Summoned nine days ago to President-elect Barack Obama's Chicago transition office, Mullen showed up with... ...more.

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Obama Picks N.Y. Fed President Geithner as Treasury Secretary

added on 2008-12-04 07:30:51 (Washington Post - Politics)

President-elect Barack Obama has selected New York Federal Reserve Bank President Timothy F. Geithner as Treasury secretary, handing the post to a primary architect of the Bush administration's response to the financial crisis, according to Democratic and industry officials yesterday. ...more.

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White House Prods Allies to Oppose Limits on Greenhouse Gases

added on 2008-12-04 07:30:50 (Washington Post - Politics)

As the Bush administration prepares to issue its ruling on whether to limit greenhouse gases, it's sending out a message to some of its allies: Tell us how much you don't want us to regulate emissions linked to global warming. ...more.

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EPA, Interior Dept. Chiefs Will Be Busy Erasing Bush's Mark

added on 2008-12-04 07:30:49 (Washington Post - Politics)

Few federal agencies are expected to undergo as radical a transformation under President-elect Barack Obama as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department, which have been at the epicenter of many of the Bush administration's most intense scientific and environmental controver... ...more.

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Federal-Employee Unions Angered as Bush Bars National Security Workers

added on 2008-12-04 07:30:48 (Washington Post - Politics)

Government unions yesterday criticized a White House executive order that bars certain workers at five federal departments from joining a union because they are engaged in intelligence gathering, investigations and other national security work. ...more.

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