North America – Clinton urges better US-India-Pakistan cooperation (Dawn)

Clinton urges better US-India-Pakistan cooperation (Dawn)
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging greater counterterrorism cooperation among the United States, India and Pakistan and says she’ll visit India next month as the Obama administration moves to strengthen ties with New Delhi.

Bush takes swipes at Obama policies (The Washington Times)
ERIE, Pa.| Former President George W. Bush fired a salvo at President Obama on Wednesday, asserting his administration’s interrogation policies were within the law, declaring the private sector not government will fix the economy and rejecting the nationalization of health care. “I know it’s going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we’re in,” the …

Bush Slams Obama in Horrendously Edited Washington Times Exclusive [Conservative Journalism] (Gawker)
George W. Bush spoke critically of Barack Obama in a Washington Times story being pushed hard by Drudge tonight, a story so big and important that the Times didn’t bother to insert quotation marks…

Meet George W. Bush: Messenger to Joe Paterno (Orlando Sentinel)
If former President George W. Bush gets bored in retirement, perhaps he can join Joe Paterno’s coaching staff at Penn State.

Too much democracy for Markowitz (YourNabe.com)
Former President George W. Bush was always fond of saying how much easier governing the United States would be if only it were a dictatorship. Old Number 43 may be history, but that sentiment about our democracy has apparently not faded out with him.

Bush CIA Honcho: Military Option Should Be Off The Table With Iran (The Huffington Post)
As the fifth consecutive day of protests in Iran drew to a close, one of the chief members of President Bush’s intelligence apparatus warned that the United States should forgo the military option no matter what the outcome of the contested elections.

Bush Breaks Silence, Goes After Obama In Speech (The Huffington Post)
Former President George W. Bush has been remarkably reticent since Barack Obama took office, saying that the new commander in chief “deserves my silence.” Apparently, that’s no longer the case.

The Bush-Obama Smackdown That Wasn’t (Time Magazine)
Drudge is in a twist. Huffington Post is atwitter. The last president, George W. Bush, we are told, “slams” and “attacks” the current president. Big news, right?

McCain: Obama not showing leadership (Politico via Yahoo! News)
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) criticized President Barack Obama Wednesday for failing to take a strong leadership role in voicing opposition to the election results in Iran.

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