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| Aide to Bush Adviser Sentenced to Year in Prison |
| An aide to George W. Bush's campaign was sentenced Friday to one year in prison and fined US$3, 000 for mailing secret debate material to Democratic rival Al Gore's campaign and then lying about it to a grand jury. |
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| U.S. President to Propose Defense Increase for 2002 |
| The Bush administration of the United States will ask Congress to increase next year's military budget by an additional US$18.4 billion, capping a review of Pentagon needs by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, an administration official said Friday. |
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| Bush Vows to Build Strong U.S. Military Force |
| President George W. Bush Friday pledged to build a strong US military force which is defined less by size and more by mobility and swiftness. |
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| U.S. to Shift Defense Emphasis From Europe to Asia |
| U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met privately with leaders of Congressional defense and spending committees Thursday to discuss initial conclusions from the Pentagon's American military strategy review ordered by President George W. Bush. |
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| U.S. President Unveils National Energy Policy |
| U.S. President George Bush on Thursday unveiled a national energy policy aimed at dealing with what he said is the most serious energy shortage the country faces since the oil embargoes of 1970s. |
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| U.S. President Courts Hispanics With Spanish Radio Address |
| U.S. President George W. Bush courted Hispanics with his radio address both in English and Spanish on Saturday, which is Cinco de Mayo, a popular Mexican holiday. |
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| U.S. Senate Passes Budget for Tax Cut |
| The U.S. Senate Friday passed a budget outline for roughly US$1.2 trillion in tax cuts over 10 years, well below President George W. Bush's goal. |
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| Arms Negotiators Criticize Bush's Approach to North Korea |
| President George W. Bush made one of the most serious "diplomatic blunders" of the post Cold-War era by halting talks on North Korea's missile program, a former US arms control negotiator charged on Friday. |
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| Bush Urges Congress to Approve Tax-Cut Plan |
| U.S. President George W. Bush called on Congress Saturday to ease the pain of a stumbling economy by quickly passing his plan for US$1.6 trillion in tax cuts over a decade. |
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| Fox, Bush Meet to Forge Greater Cooperation |
| Mexican President Vicente Fox and his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush met in San Cristobal, Mexico on Friday for greater cooperation in dealing with immigration, illegal drugs and energy shortages. |
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| Bush Vows to Modernize US Military |
| President George W. Bush Tuesday highlighted the need to modernize the US military, saying that his country will confront all kinds of threats to the United States. |
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| Bush Writes to Vajpayee on Bilateral Ties |
| US President George Bush has written to Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee underscoring the importance of building strong and mutually beneficial bilateral relations, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported Monday. |
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| Bush Officials Pronounce Clinton Mideast Plan Dead |
| The Bush administration formally abandoned the Middle East peace proposals of President Clinton Feb.8, saying they belonged to the former president and did not apply now that Ariel Sharon has been elected prime minister of Israel. |
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| British Foreign Secretary Urges US to Talk to Russia on NMD |
| British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook Wednesday urged the Bush administration to keep its promise to negotiate with Russia before building a National Missile Defense (NMD) system. |
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| Bush Looks for Support on Tax Cuts |
| President Bush tried Feb. 5 to inject a new note of urgency into his |
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| Bush Says to Meet Pledge to Cut Nuclear Arms |
| President George W. Bush said on Friday he will honor a campaign pledge to unilaterally reduce the US nuclear weapons arsenal, suggesting it could affect the course of arms control relations with Russia. |
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| President Bush Vows to Modernize U.S. Defense |
| President George W. Bush Friday reaffirmed his commitment to creating a modern U.S. defense system with revolutionary technologies. |
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| White House Welcomes Greenspan as Tax Cut Backer |
| President George W. Bush welcomed Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan's testimony to Congress on Thursday as a show of support for cutting taxes ahead of the introduction of Bush's US$1.6 trillion tax cut plan. |
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| U.S. Sticks to One-China Policy: Powell |
| U.S. State Secretary Colin Powell said here Wednesday that the Bush administration will stick to the one-China policy on the basis of the principles of the three U.S.-China joint communiques. |
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| US Senators to Launch Bush Tax-Cut Nill |
| Two US senators, one a Republican and the other a Democrat, announced jointly on Monday in Washington they will launch a bill based on President George W. Bush's $1.3 trillion tax-cut plan. |
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