Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterFACT CHECK: In final word, Bush gilds his record (AP)
Published 1/12/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - President George W. Bush claimed to have inherited a recession that in fact began on his watch in a legacy-polishing news conference Monday often at odds with his record. A look at some of the president's claims in his final news conference, and the facts:
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