Ex-Advisor: Bush Never Recovered From Hurricane Katrina

Matthew Dowd, chief strategist for the 2004 presidential campaign - "The president broke his bond with the public. Once that bond was broken, he no longer had the capacity to talk to the American public. State of the Union addresses? It didn't matter. Legislative initiatives? It didn't matter. P.R.? It didn't matter. Travel? It didn't matter."

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David Latt: Cheney Taunts Bush, Pardon Me or Else

There are those who see the vice president's admission as part of a strategy to force the president to pardon him and all those named in the Senate Report: Rumsfeld, Meyers, and Rice. If Bush doesn't pardon them, they will certainly be pursued by those in the new administration who will not let-bygones-be-bygone.

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Online Journalists Jailed More than Any Other Medium

Reflecting the rising influence of online reporting and commentary, more Internet journalists are jailed worldwide today than journalists working in any other medium.

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Clinton named secretary of state

US President-elect Barack Obama has nominated his former rival Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state.

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