Bush travels to California to see fires
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President Bush flew to fire-ravaged California Thursday with promises of federal help, supportive words for those who've lost home and businesses and thanks to overworked firefighters.
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President George W. Bush, en route to Miami for his first presidential debate with Democratic challenger John Kerry, took time out to tour parts of Florida devastated by a string of killer storms.
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Firefighters were battling several brush fires that flared up across Southern California on Thursday, forcing authorities to evacuate hundreds of homes and temporarily shut down a stretch of a major interstate freeway.
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One of the larger fires in Southern California is a suspected arson, a fire official confirmed Thursday.
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Determined to avoid the mistakes made with Hurricane Katrina, U.S. President George W. Bush toured fire-ravaged Southern California on Thursday and promised to do everything possible to help the region recover.
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President Bush won the endorsement of firefighters on Wednesday as he arrived in the city that redefined his presidency after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks -- a theme that has dominated his renomination convention.
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With wildfires burning in California, Oregon, Washington, Montana and Nevada this week, the firestorm over the Bush administration's logging policies continued, and the man in the middle of it all was Mark E. Rey.
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President Bush toured hurricane-battered Florida for the fifth time in six weeks on Wednesday, delivering sympathy and promises of aid to hard-hit citrus growers in a crucial part of the politically vital state.
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President Bush wrapped up a five-day campaign swing with a rally in the battleground state of Iowa on Saturday and scheduled a quick trip to Florida to survey hurricane damage in a state he needs to win in the November election.
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After a lightning visit to Iraq where he hinted at possible U.S. troop cuts, President George W. Bush arrives in Australia on Tuesday for an Asia-Pacific leaders' meeting amid heavy security and anti-war protests.
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Cool, damp weather moved into Southern California from the Pacific Ocean on Friday boosting efforts to beat down stubborn wildfires, while weary families returned to find many homes unscathed but hundreds of others burned to rubble.
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Members of Congress toured the city Monday and President Bush was headed for the region to see the state of recovery efforts one year after the city was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.
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President George Bush is heading back to the front lines of the campaign battlefield, with visits Friday to Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida.
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President Bush will head to Florida on Wednesday to survey hurricane damage and the president is asking Congress to approve &#36;2 billion for "urgent needs" stemming from hurricanes Charley and Frances.
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President Bush is to visit Florida where a hurricane has killed 13 and destroyed thousands of homes.
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Besides monitoring the devastating earthquake in Southeast Asia, President Bush is biking and strolling around his ranch here and pondering tax reform and other goals in his second term.
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President Bush had a message Thursday for Southern Californians weary and frightened from five days of wildfires. "We're not going to forget you in Washington, D.C.," he declared in an eerie echo of what he once told Hurricane Katrina victims.