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    George W. Bush: Decision Points

    One thing is certain, heading into Operation Iraqi Freedom in early 2003, Schröder and Chirac had just been reelected when they voted against a use-of-force resolution at the UN. They didn't have to worry about their constitutents and wanted to get on with their business with the dirty...
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    George W. Bush: Decision Points

    Yes, that, for me, is most bewildering.
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    George W. Bush: Decision Points

    What are some of those reasons?
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    George W. Bush: Decision Points

    Glad you liked it.
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    George W. Bush: Decision Points

    Decision Points is an honest account of pivotal situations that shaped George Bush’s Presidency. It reveals a lot of emotional sentiment as well. The book’s most interesting merit, however, is how, in context of other books, it debunks all of the myths perpetrated by the haters of this fine...
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    George W. Bush: Decision Points

    The article you linked to equivocates between what Rice told him about the first plane over a phone in a “communications center,” (that “It was a commercial jetliner,”) and what Card whispered to him in the classroom, (that, “America is under attack.”) (p. 126-7.) Note there is no indication...
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    George W. Bush: Decision Points

    It was an emotional sentiment, not an event, (i.e. something that "happened.") The book is full of down-to-earth and sincere emotional sentiments regarding his decisions. That's what makes it so popular. Two million copies have been sold in two months. “I was raised to believe that...
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    Too many people in college?

    The WSJ editorial was in reference to Murray's book, "Real Education." He has a lot of good suggestions regarding vocational/technical training as opposed to liberal education.
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    George W. Bush: Decision Points

    Decision Points has been number one for six weeks at the NYT Best Sellers. A wide variety of folks like the the honest approach and writing style. There are still some pretty die-hard haters out there, but the book seems to have caused the intensity of the vitriol to diminish. Even many...
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