Bush Touts Coal use for energy independence

West Virginia’s coal reserves could be one of the keys to curing the United States’ “addiction” and dependence on foreign oil, President Bush said Wednesday.

During his address at the Capitol Music Hall, underwritten by the Ogden Newspapers Inc. and other local sponsors and hosted by the Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce, the president spoke of a brief meeting he had with Gov. Joe Manchin on the way downtown from the Wheeling-Ohio County Airport.

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