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Documents Highlight Bush-Blanco Standoff

Shortly after noon on Aug. 31, Louisiana Sen. David Vitter (R) delivered a message that stunned aides to Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D), who were frantically managing the catastrophe that began two days earlier when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.
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By Spencer S. Hsu, Joby Warrick and Rob Stein