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Bush Falls In Love With Dolphins!

By clock on June 15, 2006.

Bush to Create World's Largest Marine Protected Area Near Hawaii

".....A turning point came in April, when Bush sat through a 65-minute private White House screening of a PBS documentary that unveiled the beauty of -- and perils facing -- the archipelago's aquamarine waters and its nesting seabirds, sea turtles and sleepy-eyed monk seals, all threatened by extinction.

The film seemed to catch Bush's imagination, according to senior officials and others in attendance. The president popped up from his front-row seat after the screening; congratulated filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the late underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau; and urged the White House staff to get moving on protecting these waters...."

The power of the well-made nature documentary!

(Hat-tip: somewaterytart on Shakespeare's Sister)

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