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Whatever the case, his former boss with the Texas Rangers, George Bush, stands behind him completely saying, "He's a friend. He testified in public, and I believed him and I still do." Somehow, coming from the man who told us that Iraq had WMD, had harbored 9/11 terrorists, and was ready to drop a nuclear bomb on us, I'm not surprised by his reaction. If there's one thing George W. Bush knows how to do, it's how to reward his faithful friends when they get into trouble. Who knows, he might have a Supreme Court nomination for Palmeiro after the hitter retires. Or at least an ambassadorship somewhere.