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*Christopher Lee, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/18/AR2005071801476.html "Bush Aims to Expand System of Merit Pay. Unions Criticize Plan Based on DHS Model,"] ''Washington Post'', July 19, 2005.
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*Sheryl Gay Stolberg, [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/washington/21loyalists.html?ei=5088&en=b11ded99092c9318&ex=1329714000&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all "Bush Friends, Loyal and Texan, Remain a Force,"] ''New York Times'', February 21, 2007.
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