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By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES - On his first full day as governor elect, Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites) expressed confidence Wednesday that he would make a seamless transition to the governor's office, but provided no new specifics on how he plans to cure California's ills. AP Photo AFP Slideshow: Calif. Recall Election Schwarzenegger Celebrates Victory (AP Video) · Election Results · News, photos, video In a news conference at a Los Angeles hotel, Schwarzenegger said he had spoken with an array of leaders about his victory, including Nelson Mandela of South Africa and President Bush (news - web sites), who he said promised to do "whatever is possible to help California." "I'm looking forward to working with him and asking him for a lot, a lot of favors," Schwarzenegger said, adding that he hoped to meet with the president when he is in the state next week for fund-raisers. Schwarzenegger said he would make sure the federal government helps California with such problems as energy and water: "There's many things that we can do together." Schwarzenegger broke little new ground during the news conference and reiterated many themes from the campaign trail, including a pledge to repeal the recent tripling of the car tax and a call to "open up the books" in search of a solution to the state's gaping budget deficit. He also promised again not to raise taxes. "We don't know exactly what the current operating deficit is," he said. "What we have to do is, open up the books ... do the audit and find what the waste is. And then we have to just go through step by step," the action hero-turned-politician said. Schwarzenegger said he was promised "a very smooth transition" by ousted Gov.
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