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

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (500372)	11/29/2003 10:30:38 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan doubled between 2002 and 2003 to a level 36 times higher than in the last year of rule by the Taliban, according to White House figures released Friday. msnbc.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (500372)	11/29/2003 10:36:06 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

It wasn't even Junior's idea to go to Iraq. He doesn't care much for soldiering. <font color=green>For a president fond of a tough-guy image, George W. Bush was uneasy when an aide casually asked him, "You want to go to Baghdad?" </font> "Aww, Andy! Do I have to? I wanted to watch the Macy Parade". story.news.yahoo.com <font color=green>It was White House chief of staff Andrew Card who first proposed the surprise trip -- not the president. "Andy (Card), as he often does, said (to Bush) almost in passing: 'Thanksgiving's coming up. Where do you want to go? You want to go to Baghdad?"' Rice recalled, and the planning got under way. </font> TP