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California Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites) meets with Energy Secretary Spenseer Abraham, right, at the Department of Energy (news - web sites) headquarters in Washington Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003. Schwarzenegger used his first visit to Washington since his Oct. 7 election to plead for additional federal resources to fight what authorities are calling the worst fire emergency in the state in more than a decade. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Left to right, Brad Mack, Jim Espalin, and Dean Richens, of the Vernon, Calif. fire department try to rest on a bench in downtown Julian, Calif. after their all night battle to save the town from a wildfire, Wednesday Oct. 29, 2003. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)