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[Judy G. Russell]

On January 31, in his State of the Union address, President Bush committed the country to a major initiative to develop and shift to alternative fuels. The very next day, February 1, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, which researches solar and wind power plus ethanol and other plant-based energy sources, announced that its budget had been cut and it was laying off 32 researchers whose specialties were wind and ethanol research (areas that the President had singled out as offering great promise).

Then the President's handlers scheduled a visit for him to the laboratory.

And, of course, money was suddenly found in the budget to rehire the 32 researchers who had just been let go.