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REPORTING FROM ... THE WHITE HOUSE

By John Clarke Jr.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

George W. Bush's patrician, East Coast, country club roots might suggest that he's a white-shoe sports fan. But everyone knows the president is more of a baseball guy (unless, of course, you consider brush clearing as sport). That's why it was so strange that roughly one third of the American Olympic athletes invited to the White House Monday were from the United States Olympic Sailing Team. It was a strange day at the White House, with Washington swamped in a cruel and brutal mid-summer swel ...

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