mcclatchydc.com - 1/5/2009
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WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush's "after-life," as Laura Bush calls the post-presidency, is shaping up to be pretty comfortable, with a Dallas office, staffers, Secret Service protection, a travel budget, medical coverage and a $196,700 annual pension, all at taxpayers' ...
thinkprogress.org - 12/29/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
In an effort to “ prevent Palestinians from
attacking towns in southern Israel with missiles,” Israel today
undertook its third day of offensive military airstrikes in the Palestinian territory of Gaza, raising the death toll to more than ...
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Bush Refuses To Interrupt His Final Vacation As Middle ...
article.nationalreview.com - 12/29/2008
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/30/2008
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
Spencer Ackerman asks the tough questions : Is
comparing Bush to Sarah Palin more insulting to Bush
or to Palin? I’m going to say “more insulting to Palin.” Palin’s something of a laughingstock, but Bush is a villain . ...
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Bush first ex-prez to face limit on Secret Service protection
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... be the first one to receive it for 10 years," said Malcolm Wiley, Secret Service spokesman. Congress changed the law in the 1990s so that any president elected after Jan. 1, 1997, and his or her spouse will receive the federal protection for only 10 years. The Bushes will move to their new $2 million, 8,500-square-foot Dallas home not paid for by taxpayers on Jan. 20, and there Bush will be close to his future presidential library at Southern Methodist University. Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/310/story/58949.html
Bush After-Life Includes Less Secret Service Protection
Politics Daily —
... As President Bush transitions back to private life, we all get re-educated on what perks and spiffs former presidents receive once leaving office. For the relatively low salary (currently $400,000/year) they receive for being leaders of the free world, vs under-performing Fortune 500 CEOs, not too many people bitch about the Secret Service protection, pension, reimbursable expenses and office space with staff ex-presidents are entitled too. ...
Bush Will Not Get Lifetime Protection
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
President Bush will be the first president not to receive lifetime Secret Service protection, according to McClatchy Newspapers. Instead, he'll get it for just ten years. However, Bush will get a Dallas office, staffers, a travel budget,
medical coverage and a $196,700 annual pension, all at taxpayers'
expense.
Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos —
... Mrs. Bush will be writing that memoir and enjoying Secret Service protection next year, but the Bush family will only have the benefit of the secret service for 10 years. Congress changed the laws, limiting the secret service benefit to 10 years after leaving office. GWB is the first president to affected by the new limit. ...
Most Ex-Presidents Get Secret Service Protection For Life; Bush Will Only Receive It For 10 Years
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... Maybe this is because the perception Has remained not small but large That while he was in the White House He was never the one in charge. VERSE CASE SCENARIO Tony Peyser provides daily poems and weekly cartoons for BuzzFlash and also writes the BuzzFlash column, " ...
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