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The Clock Hasn't Run Out on Backroom Bush Deals
Posted on September 05, 2008
With so much focus on who will be the next president and second-in-command, it's easy to forget a critical reality: the Bush administration is not over yet. Its policies and appointees still prevail at federal agencies, and is penchant for cutting backroom deals to benefit industry allies has not waned. Just look at Montana.Back in July, I had the good fortune of traveling to Western Montana's Blackfoot River, the trout-filled waters made famous in Norman McLean's A River Runs Through It. I got to hike up mountainsides covered with ponderosa pine, and then relax in the wide open, grassy meadow...
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