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Focuses on the conflict between U.S. President George Bush administration and the Congress regarding the defense budget. Recommendation of the Bush administration to reduce the nation's military budget over five years; Proposal of Representative Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee regarding reduction in the military budget; Criticism of Aspin's threat-based analysis; Information on General Colin Powell's National Military Strategy report.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. "Peddling Poppy," which focused on the presidency of former U.S. President George Bush; "What I Sold at the Revolution," which profiled U.S. political activist Grover Norquist; "Getting Kathie Lee," which focused on the status of the U.S. broadsheet press.

Deals with the efforts of former U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush and his supporters to be recognized as a great leader in U.S. history. Criticisms of the orchestrated skydive made by Bush in 1997; Movements and cults aimed at upholding his presidency; Speculation about the impact of a good image of Bush on the presidential aspirations of his son, Texas Governor George W. Bush. NOTE: TNR’s notice of its investigation of the articles written by Stephen Glass can be seen in the June 29, 1998 issue, AN: 711701, Article Title: TO OUR READERS.

Discusses how United States President George Bush' government helped Iraq president Saddam Hussein before diplomatic relations between the countries ended. Financial aid provided by the United States to Iraq; View that the State Department and the National Security Council encouraged American companies to sell dual-use technology to Saddam that helped advance his intercontinental missile plans; Allegations that the U.S. government under the administrations of former president Ronald Reagan and Bush fed Iraq with U.S. intelligence secrets; Criticism against the Bush government for not acting immediately over Hussein's threats against his neighbor countries.

Presents letters to the editors concerning politics and socioeconomics in the U.S. Support for replacing the paper dollar with a coin for silver mining interests; Failure of the Susan B. Anthony dollar; Need for national referendum on the dollar coin; Need for appropriate laws to prevent child abuse; Similarities and differences between post-modernism and pragmatism; Texas Governor Ann Richards comments on President George Bush; Emphasis of the American culture on youth.

Focuses on ways in which mass media in the U.S. has dealt with various political and social developments in the country. Statements made by President George Bush regarding the November 1991 election and his travel plans for 1992; Information on a pamphlet "Air Raid Pearl Harbor: A Guide for Editors, News Directors and Reporters Covering the 50th Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor," issued by the Hawaii chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association; Report on the case of Oklahoma death-row inmate Benjamin Brewer; Headline in the newspaper "The Wall Street Journal" about women employees.

Focuses on attitude of Senator Jack Kemp regarding anti-poverty issue and criticism against the budget negotiations in the United States. Warning issued by Kemp against any tax increase; Opinion that Kemp has little influence on economic policy despite of being secretary of housing and urban development; Response of U.S. President George Bush regarding views of Kemp; Policy making ability of Kemp; Commitment to a conservative war on poverty; Implementation of the anti-poverty agenda; Strategy of Kemp for raising the anti-poverty issue through an option paper on poverty sent by the Domestic Policy Council to Bush.

Discusses the impact of U.S. President George Bush's nomination for office on daily business section market. Reaction of business section towards the no new taxes; Information on the causes for the punishing sell-off; Effect of the no new taxes on foreigners; Report that if the dollar is set to lose 20 percent of its value, and that billions more in U.S. government paper would soon flood the markets to pay for the deficit, selling existing holdings now is the best way to cut losses; Statement that without new taxes the budget deficit would not go away.

Comments on political and social developments in the U.S. Comment from President George Bush about the purchases he planned to make at a mall in Frederick, Maryland; Problems faced by the newspaper "Boston Globe" regarding the pay raises given to African-American reporters at the newspaper; Presentation of two bar graphs which look exactly same but are indicators of two entirely different economic trends; Reaction of the publishing company Random House Inc. to criticism of two books they released in 1991; Conflicting views involving accused murderer Henry James presented in a cover story appearing in the newspaper "The Washington Post"; Depiction of an invitation to an exhibition featuring the Auschwitz concentration camp; Commentary on the assault of Khmer Rouge member Khieu Samphan; Presentation of a list of book suggestions for readers.

Focuses on the role of U.S. President George Bush to stop Iraq from developing nuclear weapons. Failure of U.S. government agencies to stop exports of nuclear power equipment and supplies to Iraq; Responsibility of the Department of Energy for the design, manufacture and control of the U.S. nuclear weapons; Report that the U.S. Commerce Department documents openly soliciting American to military use; Information that the Iraqis seemed to have launched a particularly intense effort to acquire the sophisticated devices necessary to detonate a nuclear bomb.

Focuses on political issues in the U.S. Information on the history of the journal; Collection of manuscripts and earliest printed books at the Houghton Library of Harvard University; Views of President George Bush on the appointment of Yitzhak Rabin as prime minister in Israel; Comment that presidential candidate Ross Perot will not get any vote.

Reports on social and political developments in the U.S. Plans of President George Bush to change the tax structure for planning about enterprise zones; Information that the television program "Free to Laugh: A Comedy and Music Special for Amnesty International," has won the Tastelessness in the Pursuit of Social Justice Award; Protests against the school newspaper "Daily Collegian" of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Questions the significance of presidential libraries in the U.S. Features of the George Bush Library in College Station, Texas; Purpose of a presidential library; Appeal of libraries as a replacement for statues or monuments among presidents.

Focuses on views expressed by former president Richard Nixon regarding U.S. President George Bush's foreign policy towards Russian government of Boris Yeltsin. Aspects of the incumbent government's foreign policy criticized by Nixon; Views that Nixon also advised similar policy towards Russia in his opinion expressed in the periodical "Time"; Similarity between attitude of Nixon and Bush towards those who overcommitted themselves to Mikhail Gorbachev; Effort of William Safire, the former Nixon phrase-maker and a "Times" columnist, to laud Nixon; Discussion about the importance given by various periodicals to the story.

Reports on several political and social developments around the world. Comments of U.S. President George Bush about White House staffer Ed Rogers' job offer, representing a Saudi national implicated in the BCCI scandal; Draft of a one-sentence resolution by the Israelis revoking the United Nations Resolution 3379 or the "Zion is racism" resolution; Speech given by U.S. presidential candidate Bill Clinton blaming George Bush for racial strife in the country.

Presents an analysis of U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's views on foreign policy and examines the claim that, even while serving as Defense Secretary to George H.W. Bush, Cheney believed that the only true guarantee of U.S. security lay in transforming threatening nations into democratic ones. Details of Cheney's views on the Soviet Union under the first Bush administration; Reasons why Cheney agreed that Saddam Hussein should be left in power at the end of the Gulf War; Details of the process through which Cheney came to believe that Saddam should be deposed; Claim that Cheney's views on foreign policy were formed before September 11, 2001; Details of how Cheney recruited a team of neoconservative intellectuals to serve in the George W. Bush White House, including Paul Wolfowitz, Stephen Hadley and Zalmay Khalilzad; Claim that Cheney's mistrusted the CIA and its conclusion that Iraq posed no immediate military threat; Claim that Cheney will continue to push his agenda of aggressive promotion of democracy through military policy.

Comments on how U.S. presidents traveling on personal trips or for a state visit jammed up airports and cause havoc wherever they go. Comparison of the travels of U.S. President Bill Clinton with those of Ronald Reagan and George Bush; People's reaction to presidents and the traffic they are causing in airports and roads; Complaints against Reagan concerning the amount of American taxes he used on his trips.

Comments on issues about politics, society and foreign policy of the United States. Views of President George Bush on the economic recession; Complaint of basketball player Charles Barkley upon the release of his autobiography "Outrageous"; Media coverage of economic conditions in the former Soviet Union such as the rate of increase of prices of bread.

Highlights interpretations of the public to the widespread joke about the personality of presidential candidate George Bush in the U.S. Variations in the theme of the interpretations; Actor Ralph Bellamy as a suitable person to play the life of Bush; Implications of the interpretations for Bush's candidacy.

Focuses on Ronald Reagan, presidential candidate in elections of the U.S. Statements made by various U.S. politicians regarding Reagan's age; Discussion of whether Reagan is capable of serving as a president, keeping in view of his age; Statement that the relative youth of American presidents is an idiosyncracy of American history; Tactics and methods used by political candidate George Bush to prove that he is fit; Likelihood of Reagan's survival through his term; Impact of the old age on the hearing ability and memory of Reagan; Details of aging research regarding whether intelligence and decision-making ability decline with age.

Profiles George Bush, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Presidency. Effort of Bush to establish the oil drilling company, Zapata Petroleum in Odessa, Texas; Role of Bush in bringing the Republicanism in Western Texas; Favor given by Bush for the creation of a global alliance that would unite the seafaring nations of the world in order to resist the growing strength of the Soviet Union; Appraisal of the views of Bush on welfare economics; Statement made by Bush favoring the economic relationships with Latin America and a stance that would stop the abuse of human rights by terrorists.

Focuses on U.S. presidential candidate George Bush. Family; Career history; Highlights of Bush's political career; Scheme to capture the Republican nomination; Qualifications to become president; Views on the constitutional amendment on abortion and the federal government paying for abortions; Bush's creation of a campaign organization of established professionals; Campaign strategy of Bush.

Focuses on James Baker, chief of staff at White House and spokesman for U.S. President George Bush. Information on the beginning of the relationship between Baker and Bush; Objections raised by Baker due to Bush's peculiar relationship with Jennifer Fitzgerald who ran the latter's office; Responsibility bestowed upon Bush to implement Bush's economic plan; Factors which the downfall of Bush's earlier campaigns; Decisions made by Baker regarding core issues to be addressed in Bush's campaign; Attempts made by Baker to recoup his personal failure on the eve of the Gulf War.

Focuses on the dealing of Neil Bush as a member of the board of the collapsed Silverado Banking, Savings and Loan Association. Failure in private business; Prominence in the largest financial scandal in American history; View that only a global crisis could obscure the humiliating ordeal of Neil Bush, the U.S. president George Bush's son; Information that his predicament has prompted expressions of parental anguish in the White House and sent a wave of political anxiety rippling through the Republican Party; Indication of a myth that apparently took root within the Bush family before it was projected to the country.

Presents information on the economic policy of the administration of U.S. President George Bush in 1990. Information on the new taxes adopted by the government; Views of economic experts on economic policies to deal with the budget deficit; Implications on the U.S. economy; Details of a letter released by the Democratic Study Group to Speaker Foley signed by 134 members saying that new taxes placing a further burden on families rather than the very wealthy will not receive support within the Democratic caucus and should not be supported by House negotiators.

Focuses on the 1988 gubernatorial election in the U.S. Electoral votes garnered by presidential candidates; Effect of the gender gap on the Democrats; Explanation for lose of the Democrats in the election; Discussion of issues highlighted during the political campaign between the candidates Michael Dukakis and George Bush; Comparison between the two political candidates; Reasons behind the scare surrounding the theory of liberalism.

Focuses on the 1988 presidential campaign of U.S. Vice President George Bush. Information on an evidence provided by Craig Shirley, a political consultant, which shows that Bush operatives were responsible for the anonymous attack; Possibility on the violation of federal campaign law; Discussion of the relationship between Republican Lee Atwater and Bush; Reference to the anti-Kemp mailing campaign of the conservatives.

Forecasts the electoral victory of political candidate George Bush and U.S. President Jimmy Carter in New Hampshire primary. Prediction that Bush will beat presidential candidate Ronald Reagan in New Hampshire and Carter will beat political candidate Edward Kennedy; Political success of Bush in Iowa and Puerto Rico; Challenges to be faced by Bush from Reagan; Assessment of political image of Bush; Argument pertaining to the fund for the Bush campaign; Lesson learned by Reagan from the loss to Bush in Iowa; Prediction of polls on both the Democratic and the Republican sides.

Presents a professional overview of likely nominees from both the Democratic and the Republican Parties of the U.S. for the candidature of the 1980 presidential elections. Observation that the political ideology and ideas of various Democratic nominees can lead the U.S. in woes in the coming decade; Qualifications of Republican political candidate George Bush that make him an appropriate nominee for the 1980 presidential elections; Comment on the foreign policy of Bush.

Compares the affirmative action programs of United States President Bill Clinton and former President George Bush. Claims that racial and gender quotas in the White House are part of Bush's legacy; Efforts of Clinton to promote racial and gender diversity among government employees in his administration; Difference between the process of minority appointments of Bush and Clinton; Self-imposed diversity standards affecting the Clinton transition.

Focuses on the implications of the pardon granted to former U.S. Secretary of State Caspar Weinberger by former U.S. President George Bush, for his involvement in the Iran-Contra scandal. Factors that lead Bush to grant clemency to Weinberger; Speculations on who else would be pardoned; Recommendation of mass pardon by C. Boyden Gray, the White House legal counsel; Bush vulnerabilities exposed by the pardon; Accusations made by Lawrence Walsh, the Iran-Contra special prosecutor, against Bush; Discussions about the possibility of a mass pardon of other parties involved in the scandal.

Describes political proceedings and issues related with the "Operation Restore Hope" of the U.S. in Somalia. Report that U.S. President George Bush's decision to send the military to intervene in Somalia stemmed from a letter written by United Nations (UN) Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali in which he described the collapse of civilization. Highlights of the letter. Details of day-to-day proceedings the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council over the crisis; Humanitarian supplies as basis of an otherwise nonexistent Somali economy; Difficulty of food aid delivery; Mission and objectives of the military intervention and the concept behind the said operation; Evaluation of the American mission to ensure delivery and to prepare the way for a UN peacekeeping force.

Comments on U.S. President George Bush's performance in office. Role in preparing the nation for the turn of the 21st century; Details of the background of Bush's political career; Information on various economic, and social policies adopted by his administration; Performance of his cabinet members; Involvement of Bush in the so called Great Inflation, caused by the dissolution of the Bretton Woods system.

Focuses on efforts made by U.S. President George Bush to hide the banking crisis during forthcoming election. Information on the first taxpayer rescue proposal put forward by Bush to Congress; Report that financial deregulation including the uncapping of rates that could be paid on consumer accounts-led banks to search for ever riskier, ever more lucrative investments; Declaration of Citicorp's insolvent is made by August House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman John Dingell; Information that Bush urges to Congress to pass a legislation authorizing bank regulators to borrow up to $70 billion to shut down sick banks.

Focuses on the popularity of the term New World Order (NW)) popularized by U.S. President George Bush. Evangelist Pat Robertson's explanation of various ways NWO squares with apocalyptic visions in the bible; Populist Party presidential candidate James Gritz's belief that NWO is a One World Government with a Revelation subtext; Bob Hieronimus' dissertation on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States.

Comments on U.S. President George H.W. Bush's educational strategy called America 2000. Idea of extending choice of school to poor parents; Ambiguity of the word "choice"; Plan to have publicly funded vouchers that would allow families to purchase private and parochial education; Offer of grants to jurisdictions willing to expand parental choice in any form; Plan to revise the United States school aid program; Problems associated with vouchers.

Focuses on the alleged enmity between U.S. President George Bush and former Nevada governor Paul Laxalt. Information on the book "Pledging Allegiance," by Sidney Blumenthal; Report that Laxalt deny that there has been any enmity between him and the president; Explanation given by Laxalt's daughter Michelle Laxalt on relationship between Laxalt and the president; Information that a prominent Republican consultant calls Laxalt's unhappiness over Bush's selection; Report that Bush wanted to fire National Republican Congressional Committee co-chairman Ed Rollins.

Comments on a memo issued by the Republican National Committee (RNC), under the chairmanship of Lee Atwater, alleging that U.S. House Speaker Thomas Foley was a homosexual. Response of President George Bush to the notion that Atwater should resign for his wrongful insinuations against Foley; Reasons cited by Atwater in his defense; Factors that assisted Atwater in retaining his job after the memo controversy; Reaction of various other legislators to the memo; Attribution of the memo to RNC communications director, who resigned without implicating Atwater.

Focuses on the media coverage of U.S. President George Bush since he became President. Information on his personality traits that has made his media coverage to decline; Discussion on his oratory skills; Question why Bush is not a hot favorite with reporters.

Focuses on the foreign policy of U.S. President George W. Bush. Visit of U.S. Secretary of State James Baker to Moscow, Russia; Discussion on the speech of Baker in Vienna, Austria; Deliberation on Bush's views on several political issues including arms control; Relation of the U.S. with the Soviet Union and Israel.

Focuses on the volunteer projects in the U.S. with reference to the efforts of President George Bush in the field. Declaration of a low-budget Youth Engaged in Service program by Bush, designed to encourage both well-off and poor kids to join volunteer local projects; Results of a Gallup Poll that more than 80 million Americans volunteer some of their time to a cause; Information on the volunteer service of the Campus Outreach Opportunity League Compact, a nationwide consortium of 500 colleges.

Focuses on U.S. President George Bush administration's child care proposals. Opposition of the Congress to Bush's proposal of tax credits for parents; Proposal of a bill by Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico and Representative Tom Tauke of Iowa, that would cost $2.5 billion; Impact of the appointment of Newt Gingrich, House Republican, on the Bush legislation strategy; Statement by Bush that he opposes forcing businesses to give leaves to mothers or fathers with a baby.

Focuses on the research breakthrough related to the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) in the U.S. Edward Teller's development of "Brilliant Pebbles," a novel anti-missile system; Support of administration leaders to SDI; Budget problem of SDI; President George Bush's views on the SDI project; Belief of SDI chief James Abrahamson that Brilliant Pebbles represent an opportunity for both "improved performance and cost reduction" for SDI.

Provides some insights into the influence of former U.S. Senator Prescott Bush on the political career of his son, George Bush citing American political culture. Profile on Prescott, his academic achievements and his political career; Similarities and differences in the political ideologies of Prescott and George Bush; Educational achievements; Legislative concerns George in his administration; Indications of American politics and government.

Focuses on the academic achievements and career options made by the sons of U.S. President George Bush. Profile on the sons of Bush including, George Walker Bush and George Sr. and Jeb Bush; Achievements in business and politics; Universities they have attended; Courses and degrees they have taken; Characteristics of the Bush family; Prospects for the establishment of a Bush family political dynasty in the country.

Focuses on the concern of the U.S. government under President George Bush regarding the peace process between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Development of an alternative Palestinian leadership in the West Bank and Gaza; Rejection of the Palestinian goal of an independent state; Suggestion for Israel to offer the Palestinians sovereignty over the occupied territories as a final step in confidence-building process; Views of high-ranking administration officials that a new environment does exist for peacemaking; Palestinian representation issue as a key obstacle to progress; Suggestion that the Bush administration should help the Palestinians get a home- and self-rule state.

Presents information on some socio-political developments in the U.S. Reference to U.S. President Ronald Reagan's involvement in the controversy over his decisions to tinker with the Voting Rights Act and to grant tax exemptions to segregated schools; Allegation on Reagan that he shares a poor relation with blacks; View that even if George Bush, U.S. Presidential candidate, generates a personal following among blacks, that may not significantly boost the Grand Old Party's black appeal; Comments on Reagan's criticism of black leaders for allegedly misrepresenting his position on civil rights.

Discusses the actions taken by U.S. presidential candidate George Bush after his victory over Michael Dukakis. Pursuit of Bush to hold the support of the conservative movement; Deputation of Dough Wead, Bush's full-time envoy to right-wing groups, to the meeting in Atlanta, Georgia of the Council for National Policy; View of the author on the conservatism of Bush and his political party; Prospect of the Heritage Foundation's job placement program to succeed.

Discusses the political campaign of presidential candidate George Bush. Comparison of the ideology of Bush and former President Ronald Reagan; Exploitation of Michael Dukakis's gubernatorial record, by Bush; Opposition of Democrats for Bush; Backlog of initiatives that Democrats and some Republicans would love to pass in Congress; Problem faced by Bush from Senate Republican leader Bob Dole; Announcement by Bush for nomination of James Baker as secretary of state.

Focuses on the political campaign of presidential candidate George Bush in the U.S. Difficulties faced by journalists in interviewing Bush; Information on the speech given by Bush at the Economic Club of Detroit; Proposal put forward by Bush for a capital gains tax cut; Report that Bush also visits to South Dakota for a rally at the Sioux Falls stockyards.