Civil rights: Mixed messages from the Bush Administration

From: Human Rights | Date: April 1, 2001| Author: Podesta, John; Gottheimer, Josh | Copyright information

With one hundred days behind him, and his first budget in ink, there's no better time to put President George W. Bush's compassion to the test. And there's no better place to start than a look at his legislative and budgetary commitment to civil rights. As Bush said himself, "Every president, whatever his party, is judged not only by the words he speaks, but more importantly, by the work he leaves behind."

Upon entering office, Bill Clinton inherited a government that had put civil ri...

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