Emotionally and eloquently, George W. Bush in his second State of the Union sounded like a war president. Yet hours before the address, the White House at the highest level stressed that the president ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David Brooks of The New York Times and Matthew Yglesias of Vox about speeches by John McCain and George W. Bush that... Week In Politics: McCain And Bush Speeches ARI ...

President Bush, offering the nation stark choices in what he calls a "decisive year," intends to say in tonight's State of the Union address that the United States will continue to advance freedom ...

President George H. W. Bush speaks at a podium during a visit to Prague in 1990. George H.W. Bush, the careful and pragmatic manager of the Cold War’s final dramas, had nearly every tool a great ...

Nancy E. Roman, who heads CFR’s Washington program, says she was impressed by President Bush’s push for energy conservation in his State of the Union address. On Iraq, the president “was virtually ...