White House Transition
Age of Bush ends with handshake, flight to Texas
With one last handshake with President Barack Obama, George W. Bush boarded a helicopter on Tuesday at the Capitol and began his post-presidential life, closing a two-term administration marked by war, recession and the biggest terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Vice President Joe Biden gave Bush a brief salute as the chopper left the Capitol [...]
Poet offers ‘praise song’ for inauguration day
Following the world’s most awaited oration — President Obama’s inaugural speech — poet Elizabeth Alexander echoed the new leader’s tribute to daily labor, his call for responsibility and his reminder of the sacrifices that made his election possible. “Say it plain: that many have died for this day,” Alexander, 46, said Tuesday during her brief [...]
Bush exits White House and goes home to Texas
George W. Bush bid farewell to the politics of Washington on Tuesday, leaving with little fanfare as the country turned its attention to new President Barack Obama. After eight years in office, Bush flew home to Texas where he will spend the night at his Crawford ranch. Bush spent his last morning at the White [...]
Bush leaves note for Obama in Oval Office
Continuing a White House ritual, President George W. Bush is leaving a note in the Oval Office for President-elect Barack Obama, wishing him well as he takes the reins of the executive branch. Bush wrote the note on Monday and left it in the top drawer of his desk. The White House is not providing [...]
Did Biden have choice to be VP or secretary of state?
Joseph Biden’s wife Jill on Monday appeared to let slip a piece of choice political gossip, suggesting her husband was given a choice by Barack Obama to be vice president or secretary of state. Biden will be sworn into office on Tuesday as Obama’s second-in-command, and appeared to try to hush his wife as she [...]
