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California drought called a top priority

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: August 13, 2009 at 5:12 a.m.

California's ongoing water crisis is a major national priority, akin to restoring Florida's Everglades or the Chesapeake Bay on the East Coast, a top Obama administration official said Wednesday.

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