Bush, Rumsfeld Satisfy Governors On Heated Issues ; Guard Funding, Guest Workers Discussed

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President Bush and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld succeeded in pacifying governors from both parties in separate closed-door meetings yesterday.

"On immigration, the governors were generally supportive of the president's position that we need a guest-workers statute," said Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell, a former national chairman of the Democratic Party. "The president talked most about foreign affairs, and most of the governors were supportive of the things he said."

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Bush, Rumsfeld Satisfy Governors On Heated Issues ; Guard Funding, Guest Workers Discussed

"The president and Rumsfeld both said they could have done better on keeping the governors in the loop," said Nevada...

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