Stories tagged with George H.W. Bush
Ex-Surgeon General Antonia Novello pleads not guilty
By Carol Eisenberg | May 13, 2009 at 9:37am | 0
Former U.S. Surgeon General Antonia Novello has been charged with forcing New York State employees to work overtime to handle her personal chores when she was state health chief.
Release of torture memos puts Jay Bybee on hot seat
By Carol Eisenberg | April 20, 2009 at 11:30am | 2
Jay S. Bybee is the forgotten man among the legal architects of the torture policies of the George W. Bush administration.
Lawsuit against Skull and Bones renews mystery about Geronimo’s remains
By Carol Eisenberg | February 19, 2009 at 10:05am | 1
The descendants of Geronimo, the Apache chief whose skull is rumored to be part of the rituals of Yale’s Skull and Bones Society, filed a lawsuit Tuesday demanding the return of their ancestor’s remains.
Brent Scowcroft is back in the tent
By A. James Memmott | November 25, 2008 at 10:58am | 0
Brent Scowcroft has gone from insider to outsider. Now he’s back on the inside again.
Skull and Bones Society losing its grip on American presidency
By Carol Eisenberg | June 19, 2008 at 11:02am | 12
For only the second time in two decades, neither presumptive nominee for U.S. president is an alumnus of Yale’s oldest and most secretive senior society. (The only other time in recent history that happened was in 1996, when Bill Clinton faced Republican Bob Dole.)
Josh Brolin brings new intelligence to the role of prez
By Emily Morgan | March 28, 2008 at 1:32pm | 0
Casting has begun for Oliver Stone’s upcoming film W., which will tell the story of George W. Bush’s early years.
Mosbacher rides a winning horse
By Laurie Bennett | February 1, 2008 at 1:33pm | 0
Robert Mosbacher’s star is rising. Again.
“I’m trying to wipe the smile off my face, but it just won’t go way,” he told the Dallas Morning News earlier this week, as his staffers worked the phones to move former supporters of Rudy Giuliani to the McCain camp.
Robert Trout takes on another high-profile case
By Eric Rosenberg | January 23, 2008 at 7:08am | 0
The trial of Rep. William J. Jefferson, D-La., begins next month with the nine-term congressman and former chairman of the U.S. congressional caucus on African trade facing a 16-count indictment including fraud, bribery, racketeering and money laundering.
