Former Bush official says he'd have approved Solyndra loan too

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As the Obama administration continues to take heat for an ill-fated $535 million loan guarantee to the now-bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra, a Bush administration official says he would have done the same thing.

“I am glad I was not in that chair to get that call, because from what I know of the facts right now, I probably would have made the same decision, said Walter Streight Howes, a director in the Department of Energy under President George W. Bush, in an interview with Platts Energy Week.