Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
"In a report analyzing the economics of protecting a threatened fish in the Pacific Northwest, the Bush administration this month deleted all references to possible monetary benefits" from conservation. The U.S.
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
In an official notice signaling their intention to launch a new "recruiting and advertising program to bolster and retain ranks in the U.S. Army," the Pentagon, Defense Contracting Command and Department of the Army observe that "the market dynamics recruiters continue to face are as challenging as any faced in the history of the All-Volunteer Force," according to O'Dwyer's PR Daily.
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"Impartial information is increasingly hard to come by in Iraq," reports Fiona O'Brien. "As fighting has intensified on the ground, U.S. authorities have stepped up a separate battle for public opinion, tightly controlling the flow of information to journalists whose ability to move freely in Iraq has been limited by increasing danger." Although U.S. military officials refuse to discuss Iraqi civilian casualties, other reports suggest that hundreds have died in the past week in Fallujah alone.
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
The Bush-Cheney campaign's aptly named advertising team, Maverick Media, understands that this year's presidential election is much different than the previous one: "The environment in 2000 was peace and prosperity. Everything was going fine and the question was what to do next.
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
When the White House released the sure-to-be-controversial Aug. 6, 2001, President's Daily Brief (PDB) on the terrorist threat against the U.S., its timing could not have been accidental," reports Greg Mitchell.
Submitted by Laura Miller on
One year after the staged toppling of Saddam Hussein's statue in Firdos Square, the bloody violence in Iraq is reaching new peaks.
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
As violence escalates in Iraq, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, the Bush administration's Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, testifies today before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, following a recent, highly public clash with Richard A.
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
Anna Perez, until recently the National Security Council's director of communications and Condoleezza Rice's "counselor of communications," will become NBC's chief communications executive in May.
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"With the White House weathering allegations from its former anti-terrorism adviser, revelations about the health of Medicare and unrelenting turmoil in Iraq," George Bush is trying to recapture a "compassionate conservative" image to boost his campaign.
Submitted by Laura Miller on
George W. Bush's long-time advisor Karen Hughes hits the book circuit promoting her new autobiography Ten Minutes From Normal. While she's plugging her book, she's also plugging the president's re-election. The New York Times writes, "Ms. Hughes is the smiling, media-savvy White House representative whose book now wraps her -- and, by implication, the president -- in the heroism of motherhood.
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