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HOV Traffic Waits for No Man, Even the President

The Secret Service spent nearly a day trying to convince Virginia traffic officials to shut down the HOV lanes — including bus service — for six hours during rush hour. Why? So that the President could drive to a fundraiser for embattled Republican Senator George Allen. Finally persuaded that stranding 22,000 commuters was not a good idea, the President took a helicopter instead.

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