GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL VISITS U.S. PRESIDENT BUSH

U.S. President George W. Bush speaks at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House in Washington on January 4, 2007. (UPI Photo/Evan F. Sisley/POOL)

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