Free-Trade Fight Reflects Broader Battle
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The vote was barely 24 hours away when President Bush‘s aides held an emergency conference call at 10:45 p.m. last Friday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) had sent a letter that could sink a U.S.-led free trade agreement up for referendum in Costa Rica. The Bush team decided to put out its own statement to save it.
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