Bush Gets a Line on Bonds

Delay in congratulatory phone call not asterisk-related, spokesman says

By Heather McPherson, Newser User

Posted Aug 8, 2007 3:14 PM CDT

(Newser) – Barry Bonds took 21 years to set the career home run record, so the half-day delay in President Bush's congratulatory phone call probably seems like the blink of an eye. The call went out from the White House this afternoon, the Chicago Tribune reports, and... Read full story »

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