White House denies Army's pitch for more brass (AP)

Bush OKs execution of Army death row prisoner (AP)
AP - President Bush on Monday approved the execution of an Army private, the first time in over a half-century that a president has affirmed a death...

Next president to inherit record budget deficit (AP)
AP - The White House says the slowdown in the economy is chiefly responsible for a big jump in next year's budget deficit.

Bush agrees to time 'horizon' on Iraq troop cuts (AP)
AP - President Bush has agreed to set a "general time horizon" for deeper U.S. troop cuts in Iraq, the White House said Friday, a dramatic shift from...

Bush set to survey Northern California wildfires (AP)
AP - The White House said President Bush will visit Northern California on Thursday to get a first-hand look at the wildfires that have ravaged...

Analysis: A new financial crisis at the worst time (AP)
AP - The last thing the Bush White House and the rest of the country needed in these economically trying times was another financial crisis. But they...