BUSH MEETS WITH SOUTH SUDAN'S TRANSPORTATION MINISTER
U.S. President George W. Bush shakes hands with Rebecca Garang Damabior, Minister of Transportation, Roads, and Bridges of the Government of Southern Sudan, prior to their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on February 10, 2006. Damabior's husband, the late South Sudan Vice President Dr. John Garang, died in a helicopter crash in July, 2005, causing riots and upheaval over the summer. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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