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Legacy Fight: Inside Bush and Cheney's Tense Final Days
Hours before they were to leave office after eight troubled years, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney had one final and painful piece of business to conclude. For over a month Cheney had been pleading, cajoling, even pestering Bush to pardon the Vice President's former chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby. Libby had been convicted nearly two years earlier of obstructing an investigation into the leak of a covert CIA officer's identity by senior White House officials. The Libby pardon, aides reported, had become something of a crusade for Cheney, who seemed prepared to push his nine-year-old relationship with Bush to the breaking point - and perhaps past it - over the fate of his former aide. "We don't want to leave anyone on the battlefield," Cheney argued.
Nations:Afghanistan U.S. People:George W. Bush Dick Cheney Donald H. Rumsfeld Bill Clinton Tim Russert Alberto Gonzales Activities:Bush Admin. 2003 CIA Leak Case
2009-07-23
Ledger's death voted top 2008 entertainment story
Heath Ledger's death was voted 2008's top entertainment story by U.S. newspaper and broadcast editors surveyed by The Associated Press.
Nations:U.S. People:Tim Russert Heath Ledger David Gregory Sarah Palin George Carlin Jennifer Hudson
2008-12-23
NBC names David Gregory host of 'Meet the Press'
NEW YORK - David Gregory's new job as moderator of "Meet the Press" is official with the announcement on the long-running NBC interview program that he will take over starting next Sunday.
People:David Gregory Andrea Mitchell Tim Russert Tom Brokaw Source:(AP)
2008-12-07
ABC's coverage of Election Night tops ratings
NEW YORK - More than 65 million people watched Election Night returns Tuesday on the main broadcast and cable news networks.
People:Tim Russert Charles Gibson Tom Brokaw Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(AP)
2008-11-05
Networks ready Election Night gizmos
Election night technology has come a long way since Tim Russert memorably held up a white board with three words scrawled on it: "Florida! Florida! Florida!"
Nations:U.S. People:Tim Russert Chris Matthews Campbell Brown Wolf Blitzer David Wright Keith Olbermann Activities:US Election 2008
2008-11-04
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