<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Dana Perino: News &amp; Videos about Dana Perino - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Dana_Perino</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Dana Perino from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:58:30 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Dana Perino: News &amp; Videos about Dana Perino - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/POLITICS/01/20/bush.day/tztop.obama.bush.cnn.jpg</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Dana_Perino</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Dana Perino from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Bush's last day: Calls, candy and a flight to Midland</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/bush.day/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/bush.day/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush have landed in Midland, Texas, the former first lady's hometown and her husband's childhood home.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush's spokeswoman ready to leave the stage</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/16/perino.goodbye/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/16/perino.goodbye/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>White House spokeswoman Dana Perino on Friday said she would do the job again -- but only if she could work for her current boss.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama, Bush and ex-presidents have 'historic moment'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/07/presidents.meeting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/07/presidents.meeting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President-elect Barack Obama, President Bush and all of the surviving past presidents got together Wednesday for a historic meeting at the White House.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Questions linger after Bush withdraws pardon</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/25/bush.pardon/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/25/bush.pardon/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Questions continued to swirl Thursday over the president's decision to withdraw a pardon for a New York developer involved in a Long Island mortgage fraud scheme.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Auto bailout bill not yet a done deal</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/09/news/companies/big3_bailout/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/09/news/companies/big3_bailout/index.htm</guid><description>A late meeting Tuesday of congressional Democrats and the White House concerning assistance to U.S. automakers broke up with some progress but no deal, two senior aides to Senate Democrats told CNN.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush signs bill extending jobless benefits</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/21/news/economy/unemployment_extension/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/21/news/economy/unemployment_extension/index.htm</guid><description>President Bush signed legislation Friday to extend unemployment insurance benefits nationwide, his spokeswoman Dana Perino said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush signs bill to extend jobless benefits</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/20/senate.jobless/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/20/senate.jobless/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Bush on Friday morning signed a measure to extend unemployment benefits by at least seven weeks in every state, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Asia stocks sink after Wall Street tumbles</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/11/20/global.markets/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/11/20/global.markets/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Asian stocks fell on Friday after the S&amp;amp;P 500 on Wall Street lost 6.7 percent to close at its lowest point since 1997 amid recession fears.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush calls meeting with Obama 'friendly'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/10/obama.bush/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/10/obama.bush/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Bush had a "relaxed" and "friendly" meeting with President-elect Barack Obama after he and first lady Laura Bush welcomed their successors to their future home Monday, a White House spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush absent from campaign trail</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/02/bush.absent/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/02/bush.absent/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In the waning days of the election season, as both parties campaign fervently for their candidates, one man has been notably absent -- President George W. 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  financial companies receiving billions of dollars in federal help to
  quit hoarding the money and start making more loans</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Treasury Clears Way for $700B Bailout</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1854379,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1854379,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The government has cleared the way to ship out $125 billion this week to the country's largest banks, beginning the biggest government bailout in history</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Carmakers may be next up for bailout</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/27/news/companies/auto_bailout/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/27/news/companies/auto_bailout/index.htm</guid><description>Bush administration officials have had talks with the nation's automakers about providing possible federal help for the cash-starved companies, a White House spokeswoman said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>World Leaders to Meet on Economy Nov. 15</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1853426,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1853426,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>World leaders will meet Nov. 15 in Washington to address the global financial crisis -- the first in a series of summits to mitigate what economists predict could be a long and deep downturn</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush invites world leaders to crisis summit</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/22/news/economy/bush_summit/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/22/news/economy/bush_summit/index.htm</guid><description>President Bush will host world leaders November 15 for a summit to confront the world financial crisis, the White House announced Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush 'open' to stimulus</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/20/news/economy/bush_stim/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/20/news/economy/bush_stim/index.htm</guid><description>President Bush hinted Monday he would be willing to consider a second stimulus package, hours after America's top banker suggested one might be necessary.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush Open to Second Stimulus Idea</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1852062,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1852062,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>President Bush is open to the idea of a second government stimulus to further boost the U.S. economy amid the financial crisis, the White House said</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Paulson 'actively' eyes bank investment</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/09/news/economy/treasury_bank_investments/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/09/news/economy/treasury_bank_investments/index.htm</guid><description>The Treasury Department is "actively" looking at buying equity stakes in some of the nation's banks, according to White House officials.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush Signs Order to Ease Switch to Next Pres.</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1848629,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1848629,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A piece of paper that President Bush signed Thursday helps ease
   his way out of the White House when his term ends and clears the way
   for his successor</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White House rejects claim in new Woodward book</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/08/woodward.whitehouse/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/08/woodward.whitehouse/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The White House on Monday firmly rejected new allegations that President Bush ignored commanders in Iraq and top military advisers in Washington when he decided to send more troops to Iraq in 2007.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq Angry Over Possible US Spying</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839150,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839150,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Iraqi government reacted sharply Friday to published allegations that the U.S. spied on Iraq's prime minister, 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murder, the White House announced Monday evening.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. reverses course, will send envoy to talks with Iran</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/16/us.iran/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/16/us.iran/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Bush administration has decided to break with previous policy by sending one of its most senior diplomats to engage Iran's top nuclear official, the White House announced Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>US Envoy to Join Iran Nuke Talks</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1823435,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1823435,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>William Burns, America's third highest-ranking diplomat, will attend talks in Switzerland  aimed at persuading Iran to halt potential nuclear development activities</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Friends Remember Tony Snow</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20212212,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20212212,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Former colleagues recall a dedicated  "natural communicator," full of vitality and love</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush to renew push for offshore drilling</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/18/news/economy/bush_drilling/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/18/news/economy/bush_drilling/index.htm</guid><description>President Bush will ask Congress Wednesday to lift the ban on offshore drilling, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iowa City New Front Line 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on the powerful earthquake that hit central China</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 16:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Behind the Scenes: Clock ticking on Mideast peace deal</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/13/btsc.henry/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/13/btsc.henry/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As I got ready to head back to Jerusalem with President Bush on Tuesday, I keep flashing back to one particularly eye-opening moment during his last trip to the region in search of a peace deal four months ago.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cheney's chief of staff subpoenaed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/06/cheney.congress/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/06/cheney.congress/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A House of Representatives committee has subpoenaed Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff as part of its investigation into the treatment of suspected terrorists, the White House confirmed Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sluggish growth disappoints White House</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/30/bush.economy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/30/bush.economy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The slow rate of growth in the U.S. economy "is nothing to crow about," a White House spokeswoman said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope Benedict Goes to Washington</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1731620,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1731620,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Pope Benedict XVI moved Wednesday from a jubilant White House visit where he defended religion in the public square to a contemplative prayer service at a national Roman Catholic shrine</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Papal visit seen as challenge for event planners</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/04/16/papal.visit/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/04/16/papal.visit/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Months of planning have led to this moment -- Wednesday's official arrival ceremony for Pope Benedict XVI's first visit to the United States in his three years as head of the Roman Catholic Church.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Behind the Wiretapping Immunity Fight
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1718436,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1718436,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Democrats and Republicans are in accord that   telecom companies should get immunity for anti-terror wiretapping. The fight is over whether such immunity should be retroactive</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turks claim 41 rebels killed in Iraq mission</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/25/us.turk.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/25/us.turk.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The White House said Monday it is in "constant dialogue" with Iraq and Turkey about the Turkish military operation against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush: Inaction on FISA endangers U.S.</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/15/bush.fisa/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/15/bush.fisa/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Bush warned Friday the United States is in "more danger of attack" because Congress failed to extend legislation on domestic wiretapping laws allowing the government without a warrant to listen in on phone calls and intercept e-mails by foreign terrorist suspects that are transmitted through this country.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>House targets Bush aides; GOP stages walkout</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/14/house.contempt/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/14/house.contempt/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The House voted Thursday to hold White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House lawyer Harriet Miers in contempt in its probe of the 2006 firings of U.S. attorneys.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>State of Union to focus on economy, officials say</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/27/state.of.the.union/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/27/state.of.the.union/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>With fear of an impending recession, President Bush on Monday night will use his last State of the Union address to revisit unfinished business and press for quick action to keep the economy afloat, administration officials say.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: Is Bush Mideast trip making up for lost time?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/09/bush.mideast.henry/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/09/bush.mideast.henry/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Christ was born in Bethlehem just five miles away from here, and now thousands of years later this historic city has become the birthplace of -- all things -- a new blog the White House hopes will help bring positive attention to President Bush's Mideast tour that begins Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush will travel to Israel, West Bank</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/18/bush.mideast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/18/bush.mideast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Bush will make his first trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories during a January 8-16 Middle East visit, the White House announced Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush told in August that Iran nuke program 'may be suspended'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/05/bush.iran/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/05/bush.iran/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Bush was told in August that Iran's nuclear weapons program "may be suspended," the White House said Wednesday, which seemingly contradicts the account of the meeting given by Bush Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Musharraf: State of emergency will end before elections</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/29/pakistan.musharraf/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/29/pakistan.musharraf/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced Thursday that he will end a state of emergency on December 16 ahead of upcoming elections -- a key demand by the United States and opposition leaders.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Palestinian official: Little substance in Bush statement</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/28/mideast.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/28/mideast.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Israeli-Palestinian statement read by President Bush at the start of Tuesday's peace summit in Annapolis, Maryland, amounted to a "public relations gimmick," said a legal adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Day brings turkey, pigskin and many thanks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/11/22/thanksgiving.roundup/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/11/22/thanksgiving.roundup/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Thanksgiving Day 2007 arrived with the usual menu of turkey, football, friends and family. On tap for dessert: naps.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>War costs could total $1.6 trillion by 2009, panel estimates</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/13/hidden.war.costs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/13/hidden.war.costs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The total economic impact of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is estimated at $1.6 trillion by 2009, a congressional committee said in a report released Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>White House blasts Democrats for delaying funding for veterans care</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/12/veterans.funding/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/12/veterans.funding/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The White House is blasting Congressional Democrats for not sending a bill that would fund veterans' care programs to the president's desk by Veterans Day.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. honor for Dalai Lama angers China</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/17/dalai.lama/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/17/dalai.lama/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>China has offered harsh criticism of U.S. plans to honor the Dalai Lama with a Congressional medal on Wednesday in a Washington ceremony.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush: 'This government does not torture' </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/05/bush.torture/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/05/bush.torture/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Bush on Friday defended his administration's methods of interrogating terrorism suspects, insisting, "This government does not torture people."</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Debate rages over secret Justice memo on torture</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/04/justice.torture.memos/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/04/justice.torture.memos/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The White House and Justice Department on Thursday strongly denied a published report that a secret Justice Department opinion in 2005 allowed the torture of terror detainees, months after the government publicly renounced it.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White House renews veto threat on kids' health insurance bill</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/02/bush.veto/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/02/bush.veto/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Bush certainly will veto legislation expanding a children's health insurance program by $35 billion over five years despite Democratic pressure lobbying him to change his mind, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino reiterated Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pelosi 'praying' Bush doesn't veto children's health insurance bill</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/28/schip.politics/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/28/schip.politics/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she is "praying" that President Bush has a change of heart and does not veto a bipartisan children's health insurance bill that he has labeled an unwarranted expansion of government-run health insurance.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate passes children's health insurance bill, Bush vows to veto</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/27/senate.health.insurance/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/27/senate.health.insurance/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Senate voted 67-29 Thursday night to expand the State Children's Health Insurance program, a measure President Bush has vowed to veto as a step toward universal coverage. </description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White House spokesman Snow stepping down</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/31/white.house.snow/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/31/white.house.snow/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>White House press secretary Tony Snow, who is undergoing treatment for cancer, will step down from his post September 14 and be replaced by deputy press secretary Dana Perino, the White House announced Friday. </description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Administration reportedly studying Iraq troop-reduction</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/26/nyt.troops/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/26/nyt.troops/index.html</guid><description>The Bush administration could reduce U.S. combat forces in Iraq to about 100,000 next year under various options being weighed, according to a report published Saturday that quotes senior administration officials.</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 19:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reid tries to clear the way for Iraq funding negotiations</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/14/iraq.funding.senate/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/14/iraq.funding.senate/index.html</guid><description>The top Democrat in the Senate announced Monday he is moving two major Iraq votes into an unrelated water bill, a decision that could clear the way for an Iraq funding vote as early as this week.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 21:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Former Gonzales aide gets immunity </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/25/attorneys.congress/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/25/attorneys.congress/index.html</guid><description>A House panel granted immunity Wednesday to a former Justice Department aide in its probe of the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, while senators authorized a subpoena for the White House's political director.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shootings highlight 'global epidemic'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/17/gun.epidemic/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/17/gun.epidemic/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. is the world's largest maker, buyer and seller of guns but the country's constitutional right to bear arms comes at a high price -- one that gun control advocates say the whole world is paying.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wolfowitz vows to stay on at World Bank</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/04/16/worldbank.wolfowitz/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/04/16/worldbank.wolfowitz/index.html</guid><description>Paul Wolfowitz said Sunday he has no plans to step down as president of the World Bank, despite questions about his handling of the promotion of his girlfriend to a job at the U.S. State Department.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White House: Millions of e-mails may be missing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/13/white.house.email/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/13/white.house.email/index.html</guid><description>Millions of White House e-mails may be missing, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino acknowledged Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White House: 'We screwed up' on deleted e-mails</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/12/white.house.email/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/12/white.house.email/index.html</guid><description>The White House "screwed up" by not requiring e-mails from Republican Party and campaign accounts to be saved and is trying to recover any documents that may have been deleted, a spokeswoman said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White House criticizes Pelosi's planned Syria visit</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/30/pelosi.trip/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/30/pelosi.trip/index.html</guid><description>The White House has criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plans to stop in Syria next week during a Middle East trip that began Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White House: Snow's cancer on his liver, not in it</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/28/cancer.snow/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/28/cancer.snow/index.html</guid><description>The recurrence of cancer found in White House spokesman Tony Snow was attached to his liver, not in the organ, his deputy said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White House extends olive branch to House</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/WH.reax/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/WH.reax/index.html</guid><description>With the House squarely in Democratic hands and the possibility of a Senate power shift still looming, President Bush made two back-to-back phone calls Wednesday morning -- one of condolence to House Speaker Dennis Hastert and one of congratulation to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats win House, promise new direction</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/election.house/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/election.house/index.html</guid><description>Democrats promised Wednesday to lead the country in a new direction after winning control of the House for the first time in 12 years in midterm elections.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush standing by embattled Hastert</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/06/hastert.foley/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/06/hastert.foley/index.html</guid><description>President Bush called House Speaker Dennis Hastert, under fire for his handling of the Mark Foley scandal, and "expressed his support," White House Deputy Press Secretary Dana Perino said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 06:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia still seeks Iran solution</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/23/iran.russia/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/23/iran.russia/index.html</guid><description>Russia has said it will continue to probe avenues for diplomatic cooperation with Iran over its nuclear program but France said that uranium enrichment must be suspended before talks resume.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iran says it's willing to resume talks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/22/iran.inspectors/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/22/iran.inspectors/index.html</guid><description>The Iranian government has provided a detailed written response to a package of incentives offered by the United States and other Western nations for Tehran to roll back its nuclear program.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>GOP senators propose NSA spying bill</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/07/eavesdropping/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/07/eavesdropping/index.html</guid><description>Four Senate Republicans have proposed a bill to provide what one called "very rigorous oversight" of President Bush's controversial no-warrant domestic surveillance program while also giving it the force of law.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2006 01:44:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>