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Article: Four to Miss Bush Speech Due to Security
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- January 21, 2004
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ALAN FRAM, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
01-21-2004
Dateline: WASHINGTON
Four top lawmakers were missing President Bush's State of the Union address Tuesday night, asked by congressional leaders to instead go to undisclosed locations in case the Capitol was hit by a catastrophic attack.
The senators were Harry Reid of Nevada, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, and Trent Lott, R-Miss., chairman of the Rules and Administration Committee and former GOP leader.
House members were George Miller, D-Calif., chairman of the House Democratic Policy Committee, and Christopher Cox, R-Calif., chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee. Those panels research issues for each party's lawmakers.
The moves ...