Oct 23, 2007 4:17 pm US/Pacific
President Bush To Visit SoCal, Survey Fire Damage
LOS ANGELES (AP) ―
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Fire ripped through homes in the Canyon Country area Sunday night.
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Los Angeles County fire helicopter drops water on a fire as homes burn on Camp Plenty Road in Canyon Country, California. Photo by AP.
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President Bush plans to visit Southern California to survey wildfire damage on Thursday.
Adam Mendelsohn, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's spokesman, says Schwarzenegger called Bush on Monday afternoon and encouraged him to come. Mendelsohn says the governor wanted Bush to get a firsthand look at the devastation.
The president agreed and proposed Thursday morning.
Mendelsohn had no details on where Bush would visit.
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