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Bush Administration Protects Chemical Industy

Submitted by Laura Miller on

"Last year the Bush Administration encouraged American chemical companies to lobby against European efforts to strengthen the regulation of thousands of chemicals contained in household, industrial and personal products," BushGreenWash.org writes. "When the chemical industry was slow to respond, Administration officials took it upon themselves to launch 'an unusually aggressive campaign' to pressure the European Union into watering down its comprehensive reform efforts. Documents uncovered by the Environmental Health Fund, using the Freedom of Information Act, showed the U.S.

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Main Source: 
BushGreenWash.org, January 26, 2004
Topics: 
Corporations
Environment
U.S. Government

Bush Promises US Propaganda To Replace Hateful Propaganda

Submitted by Laura Miller on

"To cut through the barriers of hateful propaganda, the Voice of America and other broadcast services are expanding their programs in Arabic and Persian -- and, soon a new television service will begin providing reliable news and information across the region," George W. Bush said in his State of the Union address.

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Main Source: 
Toronto Star, January 22 , 2004
Topics: 
International
Propaganda
U.S. Government

'Healthy Marriage' Healthy For PR

Submitted by Laura Miller on

"A strong America must also value the institution of marriage," Bush declared in his State of the Union address. PR Week's Douglas Quenqua writes that the administration may soon be "on the hunt for a PR firm to lead a controversial campaign educating the American public about the skills required to sustain a marriage. Such a campaign, which has been blasted by gay-rights advocates, lies at the heart of a $1.5 billion proposal now before Congress.

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Main Source: 
PR Week, January 19, 2004; CNN, January 20, 2004
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U.S. Government

Army Will Continue To Tell Its Own Story

Submitted by Laura Miller on

"The Army has abandoned plans to outsource nearly one in six of its jobs to the private sector, a move that could have resulted in the loss of thousands of public affairs positions worldwide and a windfall of contracts for private PR firms," PR Week reports. "The outsourcing plan, first announced in late 2002, was part of President Bush's directive to trim the government by farming out all work not 'inherently governmental.' The Army also cited an interest in directing more of its resources to national security and the war on terrorism.

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Main Source: 
PR Week, January 19, 2004
Topics: 
Public Relations
U.S. Government
War / Peace

Bush Sweet On Sugar

Submitted by Laura Miller on

The World Health Oragnization's leading scientists are accusing the Bush administration of putting the sugar industry's interests ahead of the global fight against obesity. The Observer reports, "Professor Kaare Norum, leader of the World Health Organisation's fight to prevent millions developing diet-related diseases, has sparked an international war of words with a highly critical letter to US Health Secretary Tommy Thompson. In it he tells of his grave concern over American opposition to the WHO's blueprint to combat obesity.

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Main Source: 
Observer (UK), January 18, 2004
Topics: 
Corporations
Health
International
U.S. Government

Bush Targetted Saddam Pre-9/11

Submitted by Laura Miller on

Almost as soon as George W. Bush took office in January 2001, he and his top advisors were plotting a regime change in Iraq, former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill told CBS' "60 Minutes." At Bush's first National Security Council meeting 10 days after the inauguration, O'Neill said going after Saddam Hussein was topic "A."

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Main Source: 
CBS "60 Minutes," January 11, 2004
Topics: 
Iraq
U.S. Government

It's Official: Big Business is Pro-Bush

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on

Ken Mehlman, former Bush political advisor and current Bush-Cheney campaign chair, is working "to boost the political impact of business" in 2004, according to The Hill. Among these efforts is the formation of an "association CEOs for Bush" group. "The campaign finance laws require the group to maintain at least a semblance of nonpartisan independence, but there is no question that it favors Bush's re-election," reports Alexander Bolton.

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Main Source: 
The Hill, January 7, 2004
Topics: 
Corporations
U.S. Government

Rebranding Bush

Submitted by Laura Miller on

"The White House has retreated from its doctrine of regime change and pre-emptive military action and is returning to traditional diplomacy in an effort to repackage George Bush as a president for peace," the Guardian reports. The British paper writes that recent signs indicate a shift from military action to diplomatic engagement as seen in recent interactions between the U.S. and North Korea, Libya and Iran.

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Main Source: 
Guardian (UK), January 3, 2004
Topics: 
International
Public Relations
U.S. Government

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