http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington News, analysis, color and photography from Cox Newspapers' Washington Bureau en-us kherman@coxnews.com 2008-07-17T14:14:31-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/17/bush_and_mcclel.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Not much to report from the first time that President Bush and former Press Secretary Scott McClellan were in the same room since McClellan penned an unflattering book about his ex-boss. Could have something to do with the size of... 5321603@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-17T14:14:31-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/16/mike_and_mike_a.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington We shall use the above video as a teaching opportunity about baseball, specifically about the most repeated, redundant, recurring mistake made about the game. The video comes from today’s White House tee ball game, which, as usual was a... 5300403@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-16T16:58:06-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/16/your_government.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Looking for evidence of government in action (as opposed to government inaction)? Here’s just a brief summary of things that happened as a result of laws signed this week by President Bush: The U.S. Postal Service facility in Brockton,... 5292303@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-16T13:26:30-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/16/austinite_gotte.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Former presidential personal aide Blake Gottesman, who left the White House in 2006 to pick up a Harvard MBA, now has that degree and is returning to the administration in a post further up the organizational chart. The White House... 5284703@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-16T10:11:32-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/15/white_house_cor.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington It’s always a good show when the network correspondents go live in the moments before the president enters the White House Briefing Room for a news conference. Here’s what you would have heard and seen today if you were... 5262003@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-15T13:26:34-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/15/bush_on_economy.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington The president talks about the economy at today’s White House news conference.... 5260503@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-15T12:27:48-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/15/bush_on_energy.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Here’s your president talking about energy conservation at today’s White House news conference. Please turn off the AC when you leave home.... 5259303@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-15T12:11:16-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/15/bush_on_mcclell.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Click above to see President Bush’s answer to a White House press conference question today about former Press Secretary Scott McClellan’s book and Sen. Obama’s upcoming trip to Iraq. Short and not-so-sweet about McClellan. More lengthy about Obama.... 5258703@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-15T11:43:57-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/14/bush_visits_sno.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington President Bush and wife Laura left the White House and went to nearby Alexandria, Va., today to visit with the family of Tony Snow, the former White House press secretary who died of cancer Saturday morning. The presidential motorcade arrived... 5237503@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-14T14:36:49-05:00 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/12/tony_snow_dies.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Here’s the White House statement on the death of former Press Secretary Tony Snow (shown above in July 2007 at the reopening of the refurbished White House Briefing Room) who succumbed to cancer: “Laura and I are deeply saddened... 5205503@http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-12T08:09:59-05:00