Tag: George W. Bush

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is now pushing for a new statement that the department's mission is to "Lead America's foreign policy through global advocacy, action, and assistance to shape a safer, more prosperous world." Some old hands at Foggy Bottom are in an uproar. They believe the new statement would mean the abandonment of American values. They are wrong. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

New direction — Tillerson at the tiller of the ship of State

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2017 7:40 pm

Naturally the New York Times is shocked by this odd ritual. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

New York Times shocked that Sarah Huckabee Sanders reads devotions before press briefings

Philip Wegmann · August 8, 2017 5:21 pm

"We must be willing to risk our careers to save our principles," Sen. Jeff Flake writes. More Republicans would be principled if it were less risky. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jeff Flake: Opportunist or consistent conservative?

W. James Antle III · August 6, 2017 4:01 am

Trump is right to demand a strategy that matches U.S. interests to strategic feasibility. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Trump is right to be angry about Afghanistan

Tom Rogan · August 3, 2017 4:13 pm

Republican Sen. Jeff Flakes said that President Trump should not be blamed for what the Republican Party has become. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Jeff Flake: GOP problems began during Bush years, Trump is the ‘culmination’ of it

Meghana Kurup · July 31, 2017 1:42 pm

"Our president is cyberbullying, public shaming, a sitting member of his own Cabinet," Wallace said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Nicole Wallace: Trump is cyberbullying Jeff Sessions

Caitlin Yilek · July 26, 2017 5:01 pm

Trump told the New York Times in November that he didn't feel "very strongly" about following through on his campaign promise to investigate Clinton. But Trump appears to have changed his mind. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Ex-Bush ethics lawyer: Trump calling for Clinton to be prosecuted is an ‘impeachable offense’

Caitlin Yilek · July 25, 2017 3:22 pm

"We are trying too hard to govern for just 35 to 40 percent of the country and it just isn't working," said a Republican strategist who advises mainly centrist candidates. "You can't win with just 35 to 40 percent of the vote." (Illustration by Nate Beeler for the Washington Examiner)

How Washington forgot how to govern

W. James Antle III · July 23, 2017 4:01 am

"I called Sen. John McCain this morning to wish him well and encourage him in his fight. Instead, he encouraged me." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

George W. Bush on John McCain: I called to encourage him, ‘instead he encouraged me’

Melissa Quinn · July 20, 2017 3:41 pm

Steve Bannon, chief White House strategist to President Donald Trump, walks from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington May 13. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Washington Secrets

Book: Trump-Bannon ‘alliance’ shatters media claim prez is puppet

Paul Bedard · July 14, 2017 1:38 pm

The longer Congress waits to act on Social Security, the more painful the eventual fix, or the wrenching failure will be. (iStock by Getty Images)

Out of the spotlight, Social Security rots in the dark

Washington Examiner · July 14, 2017 4:01 am

The blue slip is riddled with ideological gamesmanship conducted in relative secrecy. (iStock by Getty Images)

What is the ‘blue slip,’ and should it be reformed?

Ryan Owens · July 14, 2017 4:01 am