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google.com - 2/6/2009

The Associated Press: Key Bush Gitmo advisers still on job at Pentagon

— google.com — 17 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) Three senior Pentagon officials tapped by the Bush administration to oversee detainee... policy at Guantanamo Bay remain on the job despite President Barack Obama's order to reverse course at the Navy prison in Cuba. The ... (more) The Associated Press: Key Bush Gitmo advisers still on ...

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nypost.com - 2/8/2009

WILL FERRELL'S BUSH LEAGUE SHOW - New York Post

— nypost.com — Posted: 2:07 am February 8, 2009 Is it too much to ask for Hollywood's leading comic actor... not to use the deaths of our troops in combat for a giggle? Stay classy, Will Ferrell. In his new (almost) one-man Broadway comedy "You're Welcome America: A ... (more) WILL FERRELL'S BUSH LEAGUE SHOW - New York Post

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attackerman.firedoglake.com - 2/18/2009

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— attackerman.firedoglake.com — Obama, Gates agree on a defense budget increase (more) Up Up Up Up Up Up

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Dubya Finds Work In Canada
Politics Daily — ... Like most modern ex-presidents before him, George W. Bush is hitting the speaking engagement circuit. His first confirmed speech, billed as a lunch conversation "on his eight momentous years in the Oval Office" is scheduled for March 17 in Calgary, Alberta. The event will be private, so it's unlikely anyone will be throwing shoes. ...

Bush’s first post-presidency speaking engagement to be in Canada.
Think Progress — ... . The Dallas Morning News reports that Bush’s first speaking engagement will be “a conversation with George W. Bush” on March 17 in Canada. The former president will reportedly “share his thoughts on his eight momentous years in the Oval Office.” The event is not open to the public and “organizers declined to say whether Bush will be paid a fee.” However, the Canadian firm managing the lunch paid President Clinton $150,000 for a March 2006 speech. ...

Bush Schedules Speaking Engagement in Canada
News — ... President Bush has scheduled his first post-White House speaking engagement for next month, and it won't take place in the U.S. Bush will travel to Calgary, Alberta to speak at a private event March 17, The Dallas Morning News reports . The event will be hosted by a Canadian film organization, according to the paper. The sponsorship and production company that reportedly arranged the engagement have ...

Would you pay $150K for a Bush speech?
INSTAPUTZ — Someone apparently is. I love this: "He's probably accomplishing the first thimbleful of money back into the old coffers, as he said he was looking forward to doing, but he's careful not to go too far before an audience where shoes might be thrown," said SMU political science professor Cal Jillson. "It does sound like he's not going to play without a net for some time." Still a big puss.

A conversation with George W. Bush, right here in Canada
The Reaction — ... "Bush to give speech at private event in Canada," reports The Dallas Morning News, leading me to wonder what the hell we Canadians did to deserve the honour. (Are the Saudis too busy?) ...

Bush launches speaking tour, promoting his policies that were ‘controversial at times’ but ‘kept the country safe.’
Think Progress — ... As the Dallas Morning News reported earlier this month, George W. Bush’s first post-presidency address will be in Canada on March 17. The closed event is being billed as “ ...

Canadian Lawyers Seek To Ban (Or Prosecute) Bush For His Role In Authorizing Torture
Think Progress — ... Former President George W. Bush’s first post-presidency speech will take place on St. Patrick’s Day — March 17 — in Calgary, Alberta. Although organizers have declined to say if Bush will be paid, he once boasted that he hoped to make “ ...