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Bush Warns Democrats to Accept His Offer
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush warned Democrats Tuesday to accept his offer to allow
top aides to testify about the firings of federal prosecutors only
privately and not under oath, or risk a constitutional showdown from
which he would not back down.
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"We will not go along with a partisan fishing expedition aimed at honorable public servants," Bush said in a statement from the White House. "I proposed a reasonable way to avoid an impasse."
He added: "There's no indication ... that anybody did anything improper."
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