Tag: George Bush

• Friday, March 12th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  All US surviving presidents (except Trump) release video of their inoculation; CDC says 92 million vaccinated

  

  All surviving former US presidents except Mr Donald Trump have teamed up in a video urging Americans to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Mr Jimmy Carter, Mr George W. Bush, Mr Bill Clinton and Mr Barack Obama - and the former First Ladies, appear in the one-minute spot released on Thursday, endorsing the US vaccination campaign and sharing what they miss about pre-pandemic life.

• Wednesday, January 6th 2021 - 08:38 UTC

  George Bush will attend Joe Biden's inauguration; ex Pentagon chiefs warn about involving the military in the transition

  

  Former Republican U.S. President George W. Bush plans to attend Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20, a Bush spokesman said on Tuesday.

• Saturday, December 1st 2018 - 10:34 UTC

  George Bush, the graceful victor of Gorbachev and the Soviet empire has died

  

  George Herbert Walker Bush, the World War II veteran who was elected the 41st president of the United States and fathered the nation's 43rd, died late Friday at the age of 94, his family announced in a statement. The Republican spent decades serving in government before ascending to the nation's highest office, having served as United Nations ambassador, CIA chief and vice president under Ronald Reagan, a towering political figure still venerated by the GOP.

• Friday, August 8th 2014 - 08:57 UTC

  Argentina urges Obama to intercede in holdouts case: Griesa is 'interfering with US foreign policy'

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández on Thursday urged US President Barack Obama to intercede in the dispute between Argentina and holdouts over Argentine debt, while blasting New York judge Thomas Griesa for “not making any sense”.

• Friday, August 8th 2014 - 08:49 UTC

  The Guardian: How Barack Obama could end the Argentina debt crisis

  

  By Greg Palast (*) - US president need only inform a federal judge that vulture fund billionaire Paul Singer is interfering with the president's sole authority to conduct foreign policy. He hasn't. But why not?

• Monday, October 1st 2012 - 06:47 UTC

  Kofi Annan says exPM Tony Blair could have stopped the Iraq war

  

  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was the only person capable of turning George Bush against the 2003 Iraq invasion, ex-United Nations chief Kofi Annan claimed in an interview published Saturday.