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Tue 07 Jul 2007Bush commutes 'excessive' Libby sentenceUS President George W. Bush last night commuted the sentence of former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby.He was sentenced last month to two-and-a-half-years in prison for obstructing a CIA leak investigation and his imprisonment was imminent.