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Washington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Obama administration has decided not to support a global monitoring system for biological weapons, a move that affirms an earlier determination by the Bush administration but that will disappoint some nonproliferation experts.
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JONATHAN TURLEY (Free subscription) | yesterday
John Yoo is being defended in court this month by the Administration. Not the Bush Administration. The Obama Administration. As with the lawsuits over electronic surveillance and torture, the Obama administration wants the lawsuit against Yoo dismissed and is defending the right of Justice Department officials to help establish a torture program [...]
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News Hounds (Free subscription) | yesterday
A discussion on the O’Reilly Factor that was ostensibly about the Copenhagen climate conference turned into little more than a Republican Rehab session for George W. Bush’s widely reviled record on global warming. The very fact that the only guest for the segment was political operative Karl Rove, who has no discernible expertise in science, indicated that Fox’s intention was...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
The Obama administration plans to announce a new policy to curb the spread of biological weapons, but it will reaffirm the Bush administration’s opposition to international verification of stockpiles of various agents.
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Facing South (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
It may be true that the current administration has done more to address the climate crisis in the past 11 months than the previous administration did in eight years -- but high-ranking Bush aides continue to play key roles in the national discussion over curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Jumping in Pools (Free subscription) | yesterday
2008 Presidential election Barack Obama (D) - 53% John McCain (R) - 46% Other candidates - 1% According to a poll just released from the Democratic Public Policy Polling firm, it appears the American people are beginning to long for President Bush, after just eleven months under the reign of Barack Obama, the most radical President in United States history. Who would you rather have as President...
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Slog (Free subscription) | yesterday
NYT : As the Obama administration slowly unveils its global AIDS plan, the drive to put more people on drugs is being scaled back as emphasis is shifted to prevention and to diseases that cost less to fight, including pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria and fatal birth complications. AIDS advocates complained bitterly that they had been betrayed and that the Bush administration’s...
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Suburban Guerrilla (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
Just to be fair, I’ll say here that I believe Hillary Clinton would probably do the same thing. But she’s not the constitutional law professor who was supposed to fix all this, was she? (12-07) 11:33 PST SAN FRANCISCO — The Obama administration has asked an appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing former Bush administration [...]
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Twenty-two former Bush administration officials once responsible for climate policy are now lobbying on the climate change issue, mostly for the oil, gas and mining industries, according to a new report by watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. "These alumni of the Bush climate team continue to shape and confuse the debate over global warming,"...
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Towleroad (Free subscription) | yesterday
Obama's AIDS policies, specifically the five-year strategy for PEPFAR, under the spotlight in the NYT: As the Obama administration slowly unveils its global AIDS plan, the drive to put more people on drugs is being scaled back as emphasis is...
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An American Lion (Free subscription) | yesterday
You would think that this White House would welcome the prosecution of one of the architects of torture and enhanced interrogation. You’d think that they would welcome the application of the rule of law. Right? Wrong: The Obama administration has asked an appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing former Bush administration attorney John Yoo of authorizing the torture of...
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Andy Worthington (Free subscription) | yesterday
On Monday, I was delighted to talk again with the progressive radio show host Jeff Farias, who has been very supportive of my work, and always appears to be genuinely and almost viscerally appalled by the crimes of the Bush administration, and the difficulties in awakening the American people (even after eight years!) to the [...]
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Raw Story (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Numerous environmental officials from the Bush administration have taken jobs lobbying on behalf of the energy industry, and some are now working to undermine efforts at a global climate change deal in Copenhagen, says a new report from a government watchdog group. Some members of the Bush White House's environmental team "deliberately distorted critical scientific reporting...
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Box Turtle Bulletin (Free subscription) | yesterday
The New York Times is reporting the Obama administration is scaling back the US’ response to the AIDS pandemic in favor of a new emphasis on pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria and fatal birth complications. “I’m holding my nose as I say this, but I miss George W. Bush,” said Gregg Gonsalves a long-time AIDS campaigner. [...]
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
The Obama administration has asked an appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing former Bush administration attorney John Yoo of authorizing the torture of a terrorism suspect, saying federal law does not allow damage claims against lawyers who advise the...
