corner.nationalreview.com - 2/18/2009
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Anyone else notice something peculiar about today's bill signing?
Typically, a bill signing takes place in the East Room, or in the Rose Garden if the weather is nice. The president is flanked by the bill's co-sponsors who get to share in the glory and bask in the reporters' flash bulbs and ...
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