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Official Re-Election Merchandise Made in Burma Violates Bush's Own Ban.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 2004
By Lauren Weber, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 19--The official merchandise Web site for President George W. Bush's re-election campaign has sold clothing made in Burma, whose goods were banned by Bush from the U.S. last year to punish its military dictatorship.
The merchandise sold on www.georgewbushstore.com includes a $49.95 fleece pullover, embroidered with the Bush-Cheney '04 logo and bearing a label stating it was made in Burma, now Myanmar. The jacket was sent to Newsday as part of an order that included a shirt made in Mexico and a hat not bearing a country-of-origin label.
The Bush merchandise is handled by Spalding Group, a 20-year-old supplier of campaign products and services in...
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