Bush officials try to keep cross-border trucking alive (Houston Chronicle)

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With the hiss of brakes and the honk of a horn, the Bush administration on Wednesday tried to push forward efforts to keep a controversial cross-border trucking program alive.

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Faced with congressional attempts to kill the program, the administration tried to drum up support by staging a mock inspection of two trucks — one Mexican, one American — to cross the border.

On hand for the event were U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, and Mexican Communications and Transport Secretary Luis Tellez, in town lobbying members of Congress on behalf of the program.

"With a change of just a few words, Congress can show that we can trade with the world, keep our highways safe and keep our country competitive all at the same time," Peters said.

These people just don't understand the meaning of the word "NO"!