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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a C-17 military aircraft from Malta bound for Tripoli, Libya October 18, 2011.

The perils of conducting public diplomacy on private email

Conflict

For decades, the independent National Security Archive has been suing the federal government to ensure that the emails US officials write remain in the public domain.

Thousands seek presidential pardons

Global Politics

George W. Bush Library Dedicated in Dallas

A Sneak Peak of the George W. Bush Library

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Kate Bush’s ’50 Words For Snow’

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President Bush and CO2

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Candidate Profile: George W. Bush

As governor of Texas, George Bush has instituted a controversial program of voluntary compliance with air quality regulations. Is it an approach that could work nationally? Reporter Janet Heimlich (HIME-lick) looks at Bush’s environmental philosophy.

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President Bush addresses United Nations with financial turmoil as backdrop

Global Politics

President George W. Bush made the final speech of his presidential term to the United Nations General Assembly amidst the chaos of the financial meltdown on Wall Street.
Guest: Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times reporter

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Geo answer

Arts, Culture & Media

The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Former president George W. Bush will pay a visit to the city tomorrow to kick off what some are calling his first “post-presidential rehabilitation tour.” Mr. Bush’s speech in Calgary will apparently be transcribed slightly differently in Canadian English than in American English.

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Bush and his political friends

Global Politics

President Bush built up close, personal relationships with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, but have those relationships paid off? The World’s Jason Margolis has more.

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