MEXICAN PRESIDENT FOX VISITS CALIFORNIA DURING A THREE STATE VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES

Mexican President Vicente Fox speaks at a joint session of the California Legislature, as Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata listens, at the State Capitol in Sacramento, California, on May 25, 2006. (UPI Photo/Ken James)

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