<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Bush says US to send more troops to Afghanistan  : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>67543</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/67543/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bush says US to send more troops to Afghanistan ]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Grappling with a record death toll in an overshadowed war, President Bush promised Wednesday to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan by year's end. He conceded that June was a &quot;tough month&quot; in the nearly seven-year-old war.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>84</score><crdate>7/2/2008 9:28:33 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-07-02T21:28:33+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>13292</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13292/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Is Gonzales Next Bush, Rove and Cheney Fall Guy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Does anyone notice a trend in the Bush administration:<ul style='list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 10px; padding: 0px 10px;'><li class='li'>Passing the buck and setting up others to be fall guys<br/><li class='li'>Truckloads of lies, deception and half truths<br/><li class='li'>Lack of accountability</ul>]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>39</score><crdate>3/16/2007 12:24:47 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-03-16T00:24:47+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>75366</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/75366/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bush to bring home 8000 troops from Iraq in February ]]></title><description><![CDATA[One Marine battalion, about 1,000 troops, will go home in November and not be replaced. An Army brigade of around 4,000 troops will leave in February. In addition, about 3,400 support forces will also be removed from Iraq]]></description><comments>11</comments><score>508</score><crdate>9/8/2008 9:25:37 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-08T21:25:37+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>19102</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19102/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bush is A commander guy, not THE commander guy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The White House is trying to clarify something: President George W Bush is ''a commander guy'' but not ''the commander guy.''<br/><br/>Or something like that.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>41</score><crdate>5/5/2007 2:10:12 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-05T02:10:12+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>61801</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61801/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bush: I Gave Up Golf For The Troops]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#8220;I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.&#8221;]]></description><comments>23</comments><score>369</score><crdate>5/14/2008 9:45:37 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-14T09:45:37+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>54595</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/54595/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Thank You President Bush]]></title><description><![CDATA[Joe Galloway writes, &quot;Fighting the wrong long war&quot;<br/><br/><i>Bush has signaled that in coming months he'll negotiate a long-term status of forces agreement with the Iraqi government so American troops and bases can remain there. In fact, the deal may obligate us to remain in Iraq for years and to continue paying billions to the kleptocracy we've installed there.</i>]]></description><comments>22</comments><score>241</score><crdate>3/17/2008 1:10:52 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-17T13:10:52+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>18880</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18880/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bush Does #2 For The Troops]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Bush again appeared on national TV to further clarify that &quot;this commander-in-chief ain't not going to unfund the troops.&quot;]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>1</score><crdate>5/3/2007 8:48:33 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-03T08:48:33+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>30720</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/30720/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bush Was Treated For Lyme Disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[President George W. Bush was treated for Lyme disease last August, the White House announced Wednesday after failing to disclose the problem for nearly a year.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>63</score><crdate>8/8/2007 8:53:22 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-08-08T20:53:22+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>78603</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/78603/1/</url><title><![CDATA[McCain opposed Bush Iraq policy in '03; why didn't he try to unseat him in '04?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The McCain-Palin ticket has been making much of the fact that the Arizona senator wanted more troops in Iraq as early as 2003. Yet he supported Bush for re-election, wrong-headed Iraq policy and all. He could have done the truly &quot;maverick&quot; thing and tried to unseat Bush so as to improve the execution of the war. He put the interests of the Republican Party over the good of his country.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>33</score><crdate>10/3/2008 6:31:59 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-03T06:31:59+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>7974</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/7974/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bush-more US troops=more US losses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bush wants more troops, warns of more US losses.<br/>Funny how the math works out...<br/><br/>also note the &quot;Christ-like&quot; halo around his head...hmm]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>2</score><crdate>12/20/2006 10:59:07 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-20T22:59:07+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>32410</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/32410/1/</url><title><![CDATA[President Bush gives up exhaustive search for Palestine on globe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Washington &#8211; President George W. Bush today officially ended his three day search for Palestine on his Oval Office globe.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>66</score><crdate>8/21/2007 12:21:06 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-08-21T00:21:06+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>79125</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79125/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Obama tried to sway Iraqis on Bush deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Obama secretly tried to sway Iraqi government to ignore Bush deal on keeping troops in Iraq<br/><br/>Reported by the Washington Times]]></description><comments>15</comments><score>92</score><crdate>10/9/2008 10:48:47 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-09T22:48:47+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>15874</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/15874/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bush seeks new Iraq funding bill]]></title><description><![CDATA[US President George W Bush invited Democrats to the White House on Tuesday to discuss a standoff over a bill that provides for more than $100 billion to pay for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>42</score><crdate>4/11/2007 10:36:13 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-11T10:36:13+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>48095</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/48095/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bush, Lawmakers Are Close to Deal on Stimulus Package]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Bush and congressional leaders moved closer to agreeing on a compromise economic rescue package yesterday.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>-6</score><crdate>1/23/2008 8:39:56 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-23T08:39:56+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>20208</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/20208/1/</url><title><![CDATA[ Off-color Bush featured in coloring book]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. President George W. Bush shows up in some very non-presidential situations in the new &quot;Off-Color Coloring Book: The Bush Years.&quot; Whether Bush is shown dressed as a cheerleader or drinking beer, the coloring book portrays the president in an unflattering light that its authors said is simply good-natured fun.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>44</score><crdate>5/13/2007 10:36:13 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-13T22:36:13+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>51654</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/51654/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bush is the worst American president ever?]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;A new poll has Bush breaking a new nadir in presidential approval ratings, beating out Harry Truman&#8217;s 22% for the lowest support among Americans in the nation&#8217;s history.&quot;]]></description><comments>12</comments><score>338</score><crdate>2/22/2008 3:42:02 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-22T03:42:02+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>56686</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/56686/1/</url><title><![CDATA[President Bush killed by puppet on Hamas kid's TV show]]></title><description><![CDATA[So these guys are at it again...after killing Bush with the &quot;sword of Islam&quot;, the puppet vowed that the White House would be turned into a mosque.]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>284</score><crdate>4/2/2008 12:50:21 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-02T00:50:21+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>4707</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/4707/1/</url><title><![CDATA[President finds friends, allies scattering]]></title><description><![CDATA[In-depth TIME article about the isolation of Georgw W.Bush.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>8</score><crdate>10/29/2006 12:19:14 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-29T12:19:14+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>61965</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/61965/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Olbermann responds to the recent interview of President Bush]]></title><description><![CDATA[Keith Olbermann's video response to a recent interview in which President Bush explains his reasons for going to war, his take on the 08 election and his decision to give up golfing...]]></description><comments>20</comments><score>160</score><crdate>5/15/2008 1:54:45 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-15T13:54:45+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>38706</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/38706/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bush: Threat of World War III if Iran goes nuclear]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. President George W. Bush warned on Wednesday a nuclear-armed Iran could lead to World War III]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>87</score><crdate>10/17/2007 11:17:49 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-10-17T23:17:49+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>65092</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/65092/1/</url><title><![CDATA[President Bush regrets his legacy as a man anxious for war]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Bush regrets the way his gun-slinging rhetoric made people perceive him. He said that his aim now was to leave his successor a legacy of international diplomacy for tackling Iran.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>287</score><crdate>6/11/2008 1:37:16 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-11T13:37:16+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>