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Bush Officials Deny Ridge Terror Claim

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 20, 2009 6:55 PM CDT

(Newser) – Members of President Bush’s administration today denied accusations by former Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge in an upcoming book that the White House pressed him to raise the terror threat level ahead of the 2004 election. Former White House chief of staff Andrew Card... Read full story »

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