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At a press conference Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., was asked about reports that the Harken Energy Corp. had set up a subsidiary in the Cayman Islands, possibly to avoid taxes, while George W. Bush was a consultant to the company and served on its board. "Obviously, there are a lot of questions to be asked before we can come to any conclusions about what happened," Daschle replied. "It is why we think that the administration needs to lay the record straight, needs to allow the SEC to open up its records." This isn't the first time Daschle...