http://www.reflector.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 2008-07-24T14:02:22-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/24/white_house_too.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington The International Olympic Committee says the Iraqi Olympic team - five members - is banned from the upcoming Beijing games because the government failed to address accusations of political interference. Says White House Press Secretary Dana Perino: “I don’t know... 5489803@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-24T14:02:22-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/23/bush_private_fu.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Some pretty good back and forth today when White House Press Secretary Dana Perino was questioned about the video that surfaced showing President Bush, at a recent private fundraiser in Houston, saying “Wall Street got drunk” and helped cause the... 5459303@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-23T12:45:26-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/21/rose_garden_dan.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington It was Olympians day in the White House today as President Bush welcomed members of the U.S. team heading to Beijing. The usual congratulatory remarks from the president. The usual honored-to-be-here comments from the Olympians. And this bit of... 5391003@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-21T12:00:20-05:00 http://www.reflector.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.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-17T14:14:31-05:00 http://www.reflector.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.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-16T16:58:06-05:00 http://www.reflector.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.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-16T13:26:30-05:00 http://www.reflector.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.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-16T10:11:32-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/07/15/chambliss_conra.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington In an attempt to bring the feuding parties together to wean the nation off foreign oil, Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss and Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad on Tuesday said they both want more offshore exploration and more conservation. The conservative Chambliss,... 5262803@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-15T13:37:17-05:00 http://www.reflector.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.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-15T13:26:34-05:00 http://www.reflector.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.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-07-15T12:27:48-05:00