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Bush Least “Pardon Friendly” President

HeadlineDec 24, 2003

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that President Bush is the least “pardon-friendly” president on average of all time. So far in his term, Bush has pardoned only 11 people. He has also pardoned five Thanksgiving turkeys. At this point in their terms Bill Clinton had pardoned 56 people and George Bush Sr., 39.

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