US PRESIDENT BUSH MEETS WITH ABDUL AZIZ AL-HAKIM
U.S. President George W. Bush (R) meets with the Leader for the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq Abdul Aziz al-Hakim in the Oval Office of The White House, in Washington on December 12, 2006. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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