BUSH MEETS WITH AUSTRALIA'S HOWARD
First Lady Laura Bush (l) and Janette Howard, wife of Australian Prime Minister John Howard, chat before a news conference with US President Bush and Howard in the East Room of the White House on July 19, 2005. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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