The Washington Post`s Web site Announces The Bush-Cheney Legacy

Key Coverage of George W. Bush's PresidencyAssesses Administration`s Most
Memorable Successes, Failures

Video Discussion with Bob Woodward, Barton Gellman, Eugene Robinson

WASHINGTON--(Business Wire)--
washingtonpost.com, an award-winning news and information Web site, today
announces an in-depth special on the legacy of President George W. Bush and Vice
President Dick Cheney, including video interviews with Pulitzer Prize-winning
investigative reporters Bob Woodward and Barton Gellman, a timetable of
significant news events and policy decisions, and opportunities for users to
submit their own views.

In a video roundtable moderated by Post Editorial Columnist Eugene Robinson,
Woodward and Gellman discuss the issues that Bush and Cheney will be remembered
for most-from the Iraq War and intelligence policies to the financial crisis and
Hurricane Katrina. Users can watchthe full 30-minute interview, or watch
particular segments by browsing a transcript beside the video player.

Highlights from Bob Woodward on President Bush:

* "The defining event is the Iraq War, because that was a war of choice. … Bush,
of course, hopes that that`s going to turn out well and there is an outside
chance it`s possible and he`ll be Harry Truman."
* "In one interview, he [George W. Bush] told me, I believe we have a duty to
free people, to liberate people. And that liberation, the freedom agenda, was a
giant driver. You had the support, the encouragement of Cheney, the intelligence
community saying Saddam has weapons of mass destruction. And Bush looked at this
as an opportunity."
* "My sense of Cheney and Bush is that they do care. That this idea,
particularly with Cheney and, you know, the steel shield that he carries around,
that underneath it`s not fun to be such a figure of disregard and hostility. And
in the end, I think that`s the way Bush looks at it, and it hurts."

Highlights from Gellman on Vice President Cheney:

* "I think Dick Cheney is going to be remembered for his attempt to expand the
powers of the executive and the presidency and for his overreach on that front
and for the backlash that came against him."
* "Cheney saw this [the Iraq War] in classical security and balance of power
terms. … Some of his staff told me, and this was something we didn`t know
before, that he was looking for a demonstration effect. The idea you sort of
knock one bad guy down to send a message to others. He was actually more worried
about North Korea and Iran as constituting this nexus as he always talked about
between hostile state, WMD and terrorists who would use them."
* "The other surprising thing that we didn`t know before is that despite his
public comments, Cheney was quite ambivalent about the war. He thought it was a
close call. Once he made the call, and once the president made the call more
importantly, he would go and make it a 100 percent case in public. But he was
worried it wouldn`t turn out well."

In an additional quick-fire video interview series, Gellman gives an
issue-by-issue evaluation of the Bush administration on: Iraq, the Bush
doctrine, intelligence, torture, Iran and North Korea, education, stem cells,
health care, the Supreme Court, the environment, energy, and the economy.

Users can submit their own video comments to be featured in the Bush legacy
special using the Web application Seesmic. They can also join in the
conversation by visiting Gene Robinson`s discussion group at:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/bush/legacy/discussion.

A live, week-long discussion series with Washington Post reporters Barton
Gellman and Dan Eggen, Columnists Eugene Robinson, Dana Milbank and Dan
Froomkin, plus Russ Baker, author of Family of Secrets, will give users the
opportunity to ask questions about the Bush Legacy.

An interactive timeline of the Bush presidency highlights major news events
(including videos and photos). In addition, the timeline plots federal surplus
and deficit rates, unemployment, approval ratings, oil prices, and stock prices
over the past eight years.

A series of photo galleries document the personal life of President Bush, his
milestones as Commander-In-Chief and his presence abroad.

The Bush-Cheney Legacy is available at the following link:
www.washingtonpost.com/bush-legacy.

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