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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (692725)	7/19/2005 2:36:51 PM
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And, another (below). Since no one at the WH has retracted the added qualifier, it seems clear that's their new line in the sand. Bush qualifies firing vow in CIA leak case By Patricia Wilson Mon Jul 18, 7:25 PM ET President Bush vowed on Monday to fire anyone found by a federal probe to have acted illegally in the exposure of a CIA agent, in a shift from a broader pledge to dismiss anyone found to have leaked information in the case. Bush, whose top political adviser Karl Rove has been caught up in the investigation, told reporters he did not know all the facts and urged them to wait until the inquiry was complete before "you jump to conclusions." "I would like this to end as quickly as possible so we know the facts, and if someone committed a crime they will no longer work in my administration," Bush said at a news conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Asked on June 10, 2004, whether he stood by an earlier White House pledge to fire anyone found to have leaked the officer's name, Bush replied: "Yes." On Monday, he added the qualifier that it would have to be demonstrated that a crime was committed.... news.yahoo.com

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