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than 24-hour onslaught from the first hurricane. and now hurricane isaac.now hurricane clear up inng to orleans as the tropical move north.ues to the storm is blamed for one homes.nd exploited more more evacuations are underway in louisiana. this 76-year-old and her hundredswere among floodedas their homes la place. >> the water was busy. it got our furniture and our clothing and food. thise have our animals and here. >> hundreds are still stranded community, waiting for rescue crews on boats and helicopters. >> katrina was nowhere near this. it moved so much slower than katrina. wat...

working for the cia foiled the terror plot. >> we now know al qaeda picked the wrong person to carry out its suicide mission. sources tell abc that a double agent working for a foreign intelligence agency infiltrated and al qaeda sell in yemen for weeks. he is the one who volunteered to where the bomb on the u.s.-bound plane. instead, he drove the underwear to saudi arabia and handled it -- and handed over to the cia. an incredible feat. >> it is quite an accomplishment to be able to pass yourself off as an al qaeda terrorist to the terrorists when in fact you're working for the u.s....

this work is based certainly on the miller center transcripts and fred mcclure's transcript is particularly useful. but it's also based on other primary and secondary resources, including my own interviews with members of congress, congressional staffers and other knowledgeable folks that i conducted during the bush administration. if the spirit of full disclosure i shouldei a congressional scholar, so my paper probably does have a kind of congressional skew of perspective. now, i argue here and elsewhere that presidential legislative success, while certainly in part a function of th...

he knows if he likes chess or if he likes to play tennis. that is something you cannot bottle or sell. it was vintage george bush. it helped him in domestic policy. i know i'm going on too long. i have to tell you one funny story. that is relating to the labor unions. valencia was not president of poland but solidard. came to the white house and it was reemotional for him. i rode with him in the motorcade. when he got through the southeast gate and looked at the white house, this man started to cry. i mean it was just quite extraordinary. we went in and had a reception that included ...

i want to close just by saying something about the technology of communications in the white house in 1989 to 1992. you have to remember, that was 20 years ago. we used our voices and words. we did not have cell phones or blackberry or e-mail. we called or mailed or faxed. you could not do a conference call from the white house. we had gerald ford phones. we ate lunch together at the white house mess. we discussed things. today, you e-mail or twitter. it is interesting to see how george bush would operate in a social media environment. i don't think i sent more than five e-mails in t...