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<channel><title><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com - White House Watch -- News on President George W Bush and the Bush Administration ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/24/LI2005042401085.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><description><![CDATA[White House Watch features articles about President George W Bush,Vice President Dick Cheney,and the Bush administration. Get the latest info from White House Watch on the Bush administration.]]></description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com?nav=rss</link><url>http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif </url></image>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Obama the Sphinx ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/27/BL2009012701718.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/27/BL2009012701718.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:48:57 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Obama officially launched his push for peace in the Middle East yesterday, sending his new envoy George Mitchell to the region and declaring his desire for genuine progress -- "not just photo-ops." ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sphinx]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Is Reaching Out Futile? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/26/BL2009012601451.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/26/BL2009012601451.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:06:57 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In his first weekly address from the White House, President Obama on Saturday described his proposed $820 billion economic stimulus plan in more detail and appealed for public support. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reaching]]></category><category><![CDATA[Out]]></category><category><![CDATA[Futile?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Return to the Moral High Ground ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/23/BL2009012302209.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/23/BL2009012302209.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:00:01 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ All it took, at long last, was a few strokes of a pen. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Return]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moral]]></category><category><![CDATA[High]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ground]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ 'A Pretty Good Place to Start' ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/22/BL2009012201824.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/22/BL2009012201824.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:00:01 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Obama often spoke during the campaign about a new kind of politics. He promised a common-sense way of running the country that defied left-right stereotypes.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=633447256" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=633447256" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA['A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pretty]]></category><category><![CDATA[Good]]></category><category><![CDATA[Place]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Start']]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Picking Up the Pieces ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/21/BL2009012102006.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/21/BL2009012102006.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:22:01 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ What a difference a day makes. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Picking]]></category><category><![CDATA[Up]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pieces]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Change ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/20/BL2009012001472.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/20/BL2009012001472.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:28:56 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For those of us who closely follow activities at the White House, the transition from George W. Bush to Barack Obama is not just a remarkable and historic event -- it's also an occasion for us to rethink our relationship to the presidency. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Change]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bush Ends With a Whimper ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/16/BL2009011602311.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/16/BL2009011602311.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:08:01 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Bush bid the nation goodbye last night with a simpering speech that may have appealed to those who still believe in him, but offered nothing to change the minds of the vast majority of Americans who don't. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ends]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Whimper]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Reality of Torture ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/14/BL2009011401868.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/14/BL2009011401868.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:57:01 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Editor's Note: Dan Froomkin will be out Thursday, Jan. 15. White House Watch will return on Friday.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=633453537" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=633453537" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reality]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Torture]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Bush Verdict Is In ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/13/BL2009011301509.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/13/BL2009011301509.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:36:01 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Bush famously asserts that history's verdict on his presidency won't come until he's long dead. But far from waiting until his corpse is cold, the verdict is largely in before he's even left the building. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verdict]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bush's Last Press Conference ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/12/BL2009011201584.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/12/BL2009011201584.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:20:56 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In his last scheduled press conference, President Bush started off this morning with some kind words for the press corps. "I'm interested in answering some of your questions, but mostly I'm interested in saying thank you for the job," he said. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bush's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Last]]></category><category><![CDATA[Press]]></category><category><![CDATA[Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bush's End Days ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/09/BL2009010901844.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/09/BL2009010901844.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:01:01 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The "sprint to the finish," such as it was, is definitely over. Each day of the Bush presidency -- and there are only 11 left -- brings a growing sense of closure. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bush's]]></category><category><![CDATA[End]]></category><category><![CDATA[Days]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Obama and the Bubble ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/08/BL2009010802230.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/08/BL2009010802230.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:58:03 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ George W. Bush was not well-served by his famous presidential bubble.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=633500878" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=633500878" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bubble]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Lunch of the POTUSes ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/07/BL2009010702289.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/07/BL2009010702289.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:26:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Today's historic gathering of all the living presidents -- and one president-to-be -- was destined to be at least four-fifths love fest. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Lunch]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[POTUSes]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Waking From a Bad Dream ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/06/BL2009010601473.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/06/BL2009010601473.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:20:04 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It has been like a national nightmare: We are attacked by terrorists and our leaders respond not with courage and a call to our higher natures, but by spreading fear -- and turning us into a regime of torturers. Rather than celebrate our Constitution and its enduring values, they use the levers of government to subvert it. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Waking]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dream]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Obama's First Test ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/05/BL2009010501296.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2009/01/05/BL2009010501296.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:39:01 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For the past eight years, Congress has had a remarkably consistent record. When something was important to President Bush -- particularly if it was even vaguely related to national security -- Congress pretty much always caved. The combination of blindly loyal Republicans and cowering Democrats provided Bush with a winning margin time and again, even when the Democrats were ostensibly in charge, and even when Bush was demanding retroactive approval for laws he had brazenly violated. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Obama's]]></category><category><![CDATA[First]]></category><category><![CDATA[Test]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ New Marching Orders ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/12/19/BL2008121901492.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/12/19/BL2008121901492.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:13:01 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The military is gearing up to carry out the orders of the new commander in chief. And one of the first orders may be one of the most meaningful: To shutter the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=633504431" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=633504431" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marching]]></category><category><![CDATA[Orders]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bush's Counterterrorism Record: 0 for 1 ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/12/18/BL2008121802193.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/12/18/BL2008121802193.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:19:01 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Has President Bush kept America safe? The only conclusion supported by the facts at our disposal is no. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bush's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Counterterrorism]]></category><category><![CDATA[Record:]]></category><category><![CDATA[0]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[1]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Finding the Proper Epitaph ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/12/17/BL2008121701915.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/12/17/BL2008121701915.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:18:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Bush takes his legacy tour to the Army War College in Pennsylvania today, to make the case that he deserves credit for the absence of a terrorist strike against the United States since Sept. 11, 2001. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Finding]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Proper]]></category><category><![CDATA[Epitaph]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Cheney Beckons Obama to the Dark Side ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/12/16/BL2008121601443.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/12/16/BL2008121601443.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:15:01 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Vice President Cheney revels in his "Darth Vader" nickname, frequently joking that his wife says it humanizes him. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Cheney]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beckons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dark]]></category><category><![CDATA[Side]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Sole of a Nation ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/12/15/BL2008121501135.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/12/15/BL2008121501135.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:53:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Reality made a dramatic cameo appearance when President Bush's legacy tour touched down in Baghdad yesterday and a shoe-hurling Iraqi journalist refused to go along with the charade that the invasion of his country was something to celebrate.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=633511204" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=633511204" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sole]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nation]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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