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MEXICO CITY - President Bush's nephew, campaigning for votes from Americans living in Mexico, called the federal policy of arming U.S. Border Patrol agents with plastic pellet guns "reprehensible." Speaking in a mix of English and sometimes-halting Spanish, George P. Bush said Saturday that his uncle is not to blame for the policy, which has angered Mexicans. He instead blamed it on "some local [immigration official] who's trying to be tough, act macho." "If there has been American approval for this policy, that is reprehensible," Bush said of the guns, which fire paintball projectiles filled with chile powder. "It's kind...

(08-21) 15:55 PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) -- President Bush's nephew, campaigning for overseas votes in Mexico on Saturday, called the federal policy of arming U.S. Border Patrol agents with plastic pellet guns "reprehensible." Speaking in a mix of English and sometimes-halting Spanish, George P. Bush said his uncle was not to blame for the gun policy, which has angered Mexicans. He instead blamed it on "some local INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) guy who's trying to be tough, act macho." "If there has been American approval for this policy, that is reprehensible," Bush said of the guns, essentially paintball projectiles...

MEXICO CITY - President Bush's nephew, campaigning for overseas votes in Mexico on Saturday, called the federal policy of arming U.S. Border Patrol agents with plastic pellet guns "reprehensible."Speaking in a mix of English and sometimes-halting Spanish, George P. Bush said his uncle was not to blame for the gun policy, which has angered Mexicans. He instead blamed it on "some local INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) guy who's trying to be tough, act macho.""If there has been American approval for this policy, that is reprehensible," Bush said of the guns, essentially paintball projectiles filled with chile powder. "It's kind...

(08-20) 10:57 PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) -- President Bush's young, Hispanic nephew and his bride are on the campaign trail -- in Mexico, where they are joining the increasingly vigorous battle for the votes of 1 million U.S. citizens living south of the border. George Prescott Bush -- whose father is Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and mother, Columba, is originally from Mexico -- was arriving late Friday for a four-day tour in support of his uncle's re-election campaign. The trip was paid for by the political nonprofit Republicans Abroad. The campaign for Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry also is courting...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - George P. Bush may still be a rising star in the political world, but he will no longer be among the country's hottest bachelors. The 28-year-old son of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and nephew of President Bush plans to wed Amanda Williams on Saturday at a private ceremony at the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine. "I am very happy for my son. He is marrying a wonderful young woman. Life can't get any better," Gov. Bush told The Associated Press in an e-mail Thursday from Maine. George Prescott Bush once held the No. 4 spot...