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Bush Travels to Vote in Texas Primary
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer

Tuesday, March 7, 2006

(03-07) 14:16 PST Crawford, Texas (AP) --

President Bush didn't take his responsibility to vote in the Texas Republican primary on Tuesday lightly — he took a nearly 1,500-mile trip from Washington to vote in person.

White House press secretary Scott McClellan wouldn't say whether Bush had to make the trip because he wanted to vote in person or, as some suspect, because aides forgot to get him as absentee ballot.

But the trip will put the president closer to the Gulf Coast, where he planned to get a look at rebuilding in New Orleans and Gulfport, Miss., on Wednesday in his 10th trip to the region since Hurricane Katrina hit.

"It happens to work out well to go ahead and vote in person," McClellan told reporters.
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