LAURA BUSH VISITS NIGERIAN PRESIDENT
U.S. First Lady Laura Bush (5th, L) visits with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at the presidential villa in Abuja, Nigeria. (UPI Photo/Shealah Craighead/White House)
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