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Since World War II, no president has outdone Dwight Eisenhower in successfully vetoing congressional legislation. He vetoed 181 bills and was overridden only twice. By contrast, Ronald Reagan vetoed 78 and was overridden nine times; Bill Clinton's numbers were 36 and two. What explains Eisenhower's record? (The veto champion was Franklin Roosevelt, with 635 and nine overridden. The current president hasn't vetoed any bill; if he never does, he'd be the first president to do so since James Garfield in 1881.)--Robert Samuelson 1/23/06 Commentary & News News Story: Bush's Record: One Veto, Many No's 7/23/06 News Story: Bush's Record: One Veto, Many No's 7/23/06 News Story: Bush makes history - a five-year streak without saying 'no' 8/15/05 William Thompson: So Bush Wants the Line-Item Veto? 11/15/04 Peter B. Levy: If Bush Is Such a Strong Leader, How Come He Hasn't Cast a Single Veto? 10/25/04

This page lists both news stories and commentaries.Historians' Comments Roundup of Comments News Ford Is Remembered at Funeral in Washington The Ex-Presidents’ Club Bids a Member Goodbye

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News Latest Blue-Ribbon Panel Awaits Its Own Fate Recommendations of the Iraq Study Group Commentary Timothy Furnish: Ignorance May Be Bliss, but It Makes for Bad Policy: Analysis of the Iraq Study Group Report Daniel Pipes: James Baker's Terrible Iraq Report Jordan Tama: Why some national security panels have worked better than others Melvin Small: A Vietnam Commission and What Might Have Been Rick Shenkman: One President. Two Commissions. He Wanted Neither. Michael Beschloss: Presidents listen to blue-ribbon panels—sometimes

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HNN Hot Topic: Pearl Harbor

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News StoriesGates Hearing in Senate May Have Echoes of 1991 Gates was implicated in the Iran-contra scandal National Security Archive: The Iran-Contra Scandal, 1991 Confirmation HearingsCommentary

Bringing to the attention of readers important new titles. (Descriptions are usually provided by the publishers.) America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative LegacyBy Francis Fukuyama Francis Fukuyama's criticism of the

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Dennis Hastert was elected as the 59th Speaker of the House of Representatives, second in line to the presidency. In 2006 critics demanded his resignation for allegedly looking the other way when evidence surfaced implicating Rep. Mark Foley in improprieties? History su

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Jan. 30, 2005Joan Cole:I'm just appalled by the cheerleading tone of US news coverage of the so-called elections in Iraq on Sunday. I said on television last week that this event is a"political earthquake" and"a historical first step" for Iraq. It is an event of the utmost importance, for Iraq, the Middle East, and the world. All the boosterism has a kernel of truth to it, of course.

George W. Bush Is Like .... ?

... RONALD REAGAN 1-27-03Bill Keller, writing in the New York Times Magazine (January 26, 2003) contended that Bush seems very much like Ronald Reagan. He noted that even some Republicans--like Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan--object to the comparison, fearful that it diminishes Reagan's great achievements. But he is convinced the analogy has merit:

Why Hamas Won By Neve GordonWhy Hamas's Victory Is a Disaster By Robert Dreyfuss The Hamas electoral victory ... Democracy's bitter fruit By Daniel Pipes

Stephen Kinzer: The 14 Governments the US has Overthrown . Interview with Stephen Kinzer: 1953+1979=2001 (Well, There's a Link) . Francis D. Wormuth and Edwin B. Firmage, To Chain the Dog of War. Richard F. Grimmett, "Instances of Use of United States

Articles & Excerpts (Most recent articles first.)Murray Polner: The Lebanon War Was WrongMark A. LeVine: The New Creative Destruction Geoffrey Wheatcroft: Ehud Olmert knows he must break with the political tradition into which he was bornConn Hallinan: How the