Nov 11th, 2008 · President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, met with President George Bush and Laura Bush for a tour of the White House. For more on the White House meeting and impending government transition, Farai Chideya speaks with NPR's senior Washington editor, Ron Elving.
Keywords: White House · senior · Laura Bush · president · Washington · transit · historian · wife · Farai Chideya · Obama · michelle · Ron Elving
Nov 9th, 2008 · President George Bush welcomes President-Elect Barack Obama to the White House tomorrow and later in the week the president hosts a meeting of world leaders to discuss the global economic crisis. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports on the difficulties of dealing with a world crisis during the time between an election and an inauguration.
Keywords: White House · world · economic · president · global · crisis · Inauguration · Dina Temple Raston · President George Bush · Welcome · President Elect Barack Obama
Oct 9th, 2008 · The Democratic presidential ticket put in a full day of campaigning Wednesday. Barack Obama has been mining for votes in states that in the past have been considered Republican turf. Vice presidential nominee Joe Biden began his day in Tampa, while Obama was in Indiana. That's a state that President George Bush won twice.
Keywords: Republicans · Democrats · presidential · GOP · Nominee · vice · campaign · Battleground · Obama · Joe Biden · Indiana · Barack Obama
Jan 7th, 2008 · Ever since President George Bush's invocation in 2006 to turn prairie grass into ethanol fuel, scientists have been trying to figure out if the process is practical. A new study bodes well; it finds switchgrass is more efficient to grow for biofuel than corn.
Keywords: 2006 · Scientists · ethanol · practical · Prairie · President George Bush · Alternative · Biofuel · Switchgrass · invocation
Oct 24th, 2007 · President George Bush is expected to make a speech today urging reforms like free speech and competitive elections.
Keywords: Competition · Democrats · speech · transit · Cuba · President George Bush
Aug 26th, 2007 · A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Bob Oravec, forecaster for the National Weather Service; Troy Oldenburg, a flood victim in Shelby, Ohio; Robert Murray, chairman, president and CEO of Murray Energy Corporation and part-owner of Utah's Crandall Canyon Mine; Sonny Olsen, wrongful death attorney and spokesman for the families of the six miners trapped in the Crandall Canyon Mine; R. L. White, president of the Atlanta NAACP; Tom Goldman, NPR sports correspondent; Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL); Sen. John Warner (R-VA); and President George Bush.
Keywords: president · attorney · National Weather Service · deaths · victims · chairman · mineral · montage · Sen · Ohio · families · Va
May 31st, 2007 · President George Bush unveiled his strategy on climate change Thursday, and NASA's top climate change scientist at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies says the announcement is a timely one.
Keywords: Scientists · Climate · Strategy · NASA · Critique · President George Bush
Jan 23rd, 2007 · President George Bush delivers his State of the Union address tonight, his first before a Democrat-controlled Congress. Michael Gerson, President Bush's former chief speech writer, talks about what the president should say Tuesday night.
Keywords: President Bush · Congress · Democrats · speech · president · Union · Writer · President George Bush · Michael Gerson