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Thursday, October 05, 2006
Bush places support call to Hastert
From CNN's Kathleen Koch

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush called House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., Thursday evening and "expressed his support," according to White House Deputy Press Secretary Dana Perino.

In the conversation, which lasted only a few minutes, the president thanked the speaker for "making a clear public statement today in which he and the House leadership took responsibility and said that they are accountable to the American people," Perino said.

The president also said he appreciated that "when leadership found out about the lurid emails, that they swiftly made clear that Foley must resign and that they promptly called for a professional investigation by the DOJ," according to Perino.
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