Bush backs Powell.(Top Aid)(Micahel Powell)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, September, 2003

President George W. Bush last week gave a vote of confidence to embattled FCC Chairman Michael Powell for the agency's recent relaxation of broadcast-ownership rules. "I support what Michael Powell did," Bush said in an interview (above) with Fox News' Brit Hume. "He took a long deliberative look and a lengthy process about what was fair and not fair, and we supported his actions." Bush, however, didn't commit to vetoing congressional legislation that would rewrite all or part of the FCC's new regimen.

"There's always a chance before Congress finally acts ... to see if we can come up with an accommodation that meets everybody's interests." White House aides have told Congress they would recommend a veto of legislation now working its way through Capitol Hill...

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