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LINK? How to account for two joint appearances of George Bush and Brad Gates in less than a year? The missing link may be Eileen Padberg, Bush’s 1988 California primary campaign manager. . . . She’s a planner of Bush’s visit today (B1) and is also Gates’ campaign manager. . . . When Bush asked in his 1988 State of the Union address for volunteerism in the drug effort, Padberg sent a report on Gates’ Drug Use Is Life Abuse Foundation, which led to Bush’s April visit. Said Padberg: “It’s just a matter of letting the White House know what’s going on out here.”
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