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At the Clinton Global Initiative today, Al Gore called on President Bush to follow in the environmental footsteps of Ronald Reagan. It was a low blow. Remember Reagan's Interior Secretary was the infamous James Watt. But Gore's point was relevant. It was on Reagan's watch that the hole in the ozone layer was discovered over the Antarctic. Rather than listen to Watt who advocated voluntary measures, Reagan got behind the binding agreement -- the Montreal Protocol -- that is now solving ozone.

Here's how Gore told it: