"A controversial painting has been removed from a lunch room at the State Department of Justice headquarters in Sacramento," AP reports Tuesday (excerpted here so as to present photo).
The painting titled: "T'anks to Mr. Bush" showed a US map inside a toilet. It and two other pieces were part of a display put on by Lawyers For the Arts.
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A spokesman says Attorney General Bill Lockyer ordered the picture moved because of growing tensions over the Middle East, and not because of public complaints.