George W. Bush

WASHINGTON - President Bush is checking in with Gulf Coast governors and federal officials to make sure his administration is doing all it can to be ready for Hurricane Gustav.

WASHINGTON - The Democrats had the awkwardness of the Clintons at their convention. Republicans now have their version of a precarious guest: President Bush.

WASHINGTON - President Bush witnessed cannons firing, guns flinging and heavy marching at a Marines parade Friday night while visiting their barracks.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Friday decried as "out-and-out false" some of the criticism leveled against President George W. Bush at the Democratic convention, where Barack Obama was named the party's presidential nominee.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge ruled against the Bush administration in its fight with Congress over a probe into the firings of U.S. attorneys by refusing on Tuesday to delay an order that current and former White House aides comply with congressional subpoenas.

CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush on Monday proposed protecting three remote island chains, launching a marine conservation effort that could be one of the largest in history.

MIAMI - The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay lingered Sunday, forcing residents in several parts of northern Florida to leave their homes as floodwaters rose.

To stimulate the sleepy housing market, President Bush signed an economic recovery act in late July. It includes an estimated $15 billion in tax incentives.

WASHINGTON - Break out the tuxedoes and fancy gowns. It's time for a rare state dinner at the White House.

CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki spoke Friday by secure video as work on a plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq by 2011 continued.

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama likes to say, "We can't afford to give John McCain the chance to serve out George Bush's third term."

Changes in the Bush administration's rhetoric over the past 16 months on a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq:

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Thursday thanked Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who resigned this week, for efforts in fighting terrorism and called Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to pledge support for going after extremists, the White House said.

NEW ORLEANS - President Bush said Wednesday that "hope is coming back" to New Orleans with the help of $126 billion in disaster aid poured into the Gulf Coast region over three years after Hurricane Katrina.

CRAWFORD, Texas - Running for president, George W. Bush couldn't name the new leader of Pakistan. But after the Sept. 11 attacks, Pervez Musharraf became a crucial but ultimately frustrating ally in the war against Islamic extremists.

Good news for parents--last Thursday President Bush signed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the biggest effort in the past 30 years to protect children from dangerous toys and products.

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - The White House on Monday called for Russia to withdraw forces from Georgia "without delay" as a newspaper reported Moscow had moved missile launchers into the breakaway South Ossetia region.

CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush praised Olympic champion Michael Phelps on Sunday for his performance in the swimming pool and outside it.

CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush warned Russia on Saturday against trying to pry loose two separatist regions in Georgia and said Moscow must end military operations in the West-leaning democracy that once was part of the Soviet empire.

WASHINGTON - President Bush's popularity has tanked, but boy can he still bring in the cash.

A text of President Bush's statement on Friday outside the Oval Office about Russia's actions in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, as transcribed by the White House:

Some of the largest fundraisers that President Bush has headlined so far this year to help raise about $70 million for Republican candidates.

Since January 2007, President Bush has raised money for the Republican Party and GOP candidates in 12 House races, 12 Senate races and one governor's race.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation that seeks to protect college students from lending abuses while boosting student aid was signed into law by President George W. Bush on Thursday as students across the United States prepare to head to college.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation aimed at improving U.S. consumer product safety after millions of Chinese-made toys were recalled last summer was signed into law by President George W. Bush on Thursday.

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Thursday signed consumer-safety legislation that bans lead from children's toys, imposing the toughest standard in the world.

WASHINGTON - The White House grasp of developments in war-battered Georgia has been hampered by confusing reports from the ground and intelligence resources that initially were focused more on Iraq and Afghanistan than the former Soviet republic.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush told Russia on Wednesday to end the crisis with Georgia and ordered Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Tbilisi to show "unwavering" U.S. support for the former Soviet republic.

Remarks by President Bush in the Rose Garden on Wednesday about the crisis in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, by as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.