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The 19 pardons and one commutation that President George W. Bush granted Tuesday before leaving the White House to spend the holidays at Camp David.

Who is the 78-year-old Redondo Beach man pardoned by President Bush? He's Robert Truman Reece, who was court-martialed in 1950 for leaving duty without permission.

In a gesture of forgiveness for an American considered a hero in Israel, President George W. Bush on Tuesday granted a pardon posthumously to a man who broke the law to supply aircraft to Jews fighting in Israel's 1948 war of independence.

In his most high-profile official act of forgiveness, Bush saved Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, from serving any prison time in the case of the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.

Libby was convicted of perjury and obstructing justice. Bush could still grant him a full pardon, although Libby has not applied for one. Read More Information Click Here.