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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bob who wrote (465660)	9/26/2003 4:13:05 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Bob, I hope you don't run your own finances that way. The government should run a surplus to take care of future needs - like all of those baby boomers starting to collect their Social Security and Medicare benefits in 2008.

To: Bob who wrote (465660)	9/26/2003 4:20:06 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Cheney puts the Vice in the Vice Presidency. <font color=navy>A Congressional Research Service report released yesterday concluded that federal ethics laws treat Vice President Cheney's annual deferred compensation checks and unexercised stock options as continuing financial interests in the Halliburton Co.</font> washingtonpost.com <font color=navy>The Houston-based energy conglomerate has been awarded more than $2 billion in contracts for rebuilding Iraq, including one worth $1.22 billion that was awarded on a noncompetitive basis.</font> <font color=green>Cheney said on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sept. 14 that he has "no financial interest in Halliburton of any kind and haven't had now for over three years."</font> TP