Bush: Congrats but no phone call to Barry Bonds

Published: August 8, 2007, 9:41 am

President Bush, former managing partner of the Texas Rangers, often invites national league and NCAA champions to the White House for celebrations. But the White House says Bush has made no call to Barry Bonds, the new homerun king, today. No no call to Barry Bonds,'' Tony Snow, the White House press secretary, said this morning. The president does congratulate Barry Bonds on breaking one of the most treasured records in all of sports.'' Might this have anything to do with the suspicion of steroid use by the San Francisco Giant who has batted his 756th homer? Right now, there is a leaguewide investigation going on in regard to steroid use,'' Snow, said, and the president encourages the pursuit of that investigation and also thanks senators for pressing it. Bush had talked about the problem of steroid abuse in his State of the Union address in 2004. . "To help children make right choices, they need good examples,'' Bush said then. "Athletics

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