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>BATON ROUGE, LA. - The White House announced today that President Bush has >> successfully sold the state of Louisiana back to the French at more than >> double its original selling price of $11,250,000. >> "This is a bold step forward for America," said Bush. "And America will be >> stronger and better as a result. I stand here today in unity with French >> Prime Minister Jack Sharaq, who was so kind to accept my offer of
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>> in exchange for 25 million dollars cash." >> >> The state, ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, will cost hundreds of billions of >> dollars to rebuild. >> >> "Jack understands full well that this one's a 'fixer upper,'" said Bush. >> "He >> and the French people are quite prepared to pump out all that water, and >> make Louisiana a decent place to live again. And they've got a lot of work >> to do. But Jack's assured me, if it's not right, they're going to fix it."
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