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<p>President George W. Bush told a group of Texas reporters Friday that he regretted immigration policies were not reformed while he was in office.</p> <p>"I'm very disappointed that it didn't pass," he said in an interview with correspondents from his home state. "I'm very worried about the message that said, 'Republicans are anti-immigrant.'"</p>

President Bush on Wednesday retracted one of the 19 presidential pardons he granted just before the Christmas holiday. The White House announced that Isaac Toussie, a Brooklyn developer convicted of fraud and making false statements to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, should not be granted clemency. White House press secretary Dana Perino said the new decision was "based on information that has subsequently come to light," including on the extent and nature of Toussie's prior criminal offenses. She also said that neither the White House counsel's office nor the president had been aware of a political contribution...

Hey, I don't believe these African tapes exist anymore than most of you do; but I keep going back to the African Press site to see what's the latest excuse to air the tapes. The latest headline is: API/Fox News deal: Sean Hannity show and Greta Van Susteren’s show “On the Record” to air the Michelle Obama tape in less than 24 hours. http://africanpress.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/apifox-news-deal-sean-hannity-show-and-greta-van-susterens-show-on-the-record-to-air-the-michelle-obama-tape-in-less-than-24-hours-from-now/