U.S. toll in Iraq hits 4,000 as four soldiers killed (Reuters)

Bush: Hamas attacks on Israel an 'act of terror' (AP)
AP - President George W. Bush on Friday branded the Hamas rocket attacks on Israel an "act of terror" and outlined his own condition for a cease-fire in Gaza, saying no peace deal would be...

White House: Bush discusses Mideast with PM Olmert (AP)
AP - President George W. Bush on Wednesday discussed with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ways to "end the violence" in the Mideast, the White House said.

Ex-aides say Bush never recovered from Katrina (AP)
AP - Hurricane Katrina not only pulverized the Gulf Coast in 2005, it knocked the bully pulpit out from under President George W. Bush, according to two former advisers who spoke candidly...

Bush withdraws 1 of 19 pardons he issued Tuesday (AP)
AP - President George W. Bush on Wednesday revoked a pardon he had granted only a day before — a step unheard of in recent memory — after learning in news reports of political contributions...

Bush pardons man who helped Israel during wartime (AP)
AP - In a gesture of forgiveness for a decades-old offense, President George W. Bush on Tuesday granted a pardon posthumously to a man who broke the law to supply aircraft to Jews fighting in...