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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN JULY 27, 2003 21:05:25 ET XXXXX

BUSH IN FLAG FLAP

George W. Bush has hit controversy as a picture has surfaced showing
the president signing a well-wisher's hand-held American flag--a
direct violation of the Federal Flag Code .

According to the law, "[t]he flag should never have placed upon it,
nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter,
word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature."

The President was meeting and greeting supporters on July 23, 2003 at
Beaver Aerospace and Defense in Livonia, Michigan where the alleged
transgression occured.

A side note about the flag flap: "Any rule or custom pertaining to the
display of the flag of the United States of America, set forth herein,
may be altered, modified, or repealed, or additional rules with
respect thereto may be prescribed, by the Commander in Chief of the
Armed Forces of the United States, whenever he deems it to be
appropriate or desirable; and any such alteration or additional rule
shall be set forth in a proclamation."

Developing...

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Now why would Bush find it "appropriate or desirable" to sign his name
on an American flag. Strange. (There's a photo at the site)

Harry