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Article: Remarks following a meeting with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia.(Week Ending Friday, October 19, 2007)(Speech)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- October 22, 2007
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October 18, 2007
President Bush. It is such an honor to welcome back to the Oval Office the President of our friend and ally Liberia. Madam President, thanks for coming. Thanks for your very strong spirit and your deep desire to enhance democracy and improve the lives of your people in Liberia.
We had a good discussion. I want to emphasize a couple of points that we discussed. First of all, we are committed to helping you relieve your debt. This weekend, IMF will be meeting in Washington, DC, and it's very important for our friends in the IMF to recognize that debt relief is--for Liberia is a part of our agenda, and I would hope that they would help ...