Speaking after a meeting with the Democrat chairmen of the congressional budget committees, the president issued a challenge to his critics.

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Russell was at a meeting of county chairmen last week and the issue of Twenty20 county cricket was discussed.

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That report will now be passed onto the chairmen and chief executives of all the counties at their meeting in early July.

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The Bush meeting with the small group of House Republicans came a day after the president met with the chairmen and ranking members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House International Relations Committee.

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