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COPYRIGHT 2001 The Dallas Morning News
Byline: G. Robert Hillman
May 30--LOS ANGELES--President Bush called for a truce in the war of words over California's energy woes Tuesday, vowing to work with the state to ease the shortages and high costs of electricity.
But he offered little early relief, other than renewed calls for conservation, promises of additional federal aid to poor people struggling with high electric bills, and a pledge to speed federal permits and easements to better link the electric grids in Northern and Southern California.
"It's time to put politics aside and focus on the best interests of the people," the president told several thousand Marines and their families gathered outside the main headquarters of a basic training center south of Los Angeles.
Mr. Bush did not mention Gov. Gray Davis, a Democrat who has been relentlessly critical of his energy policy, but he did note that "energy debates sometimes throw off some sparks."
"But this is no time for harsh rhetoric. It's certainly no time for name-calling," Mr. Bush said. "It's time for leadership."
Later, back in Los Angeles, Mr. Bush...
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