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Article: GEORGE W. BUSH HOLDS A JOINT MEDIA AVAILABILITY WITH PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT OF ISRAEL
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- May 23, 2006
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PRESIDENT BUSH HOLDS A JOINT MEDIA AVAILABILITY WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT OF ISRAEL
MAY 23, 2006
SPEAKERS: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
EHUD OLMERT, PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL
[*] BUSH: Thank you.
Mr. Prime Minister, welcome.
I'm particularly pleased to welcome Mrs. Olmert to the White House as well. Thanks for coming.
The prime minister and I have known each other since 1998, when he was the mayor of Jerusalem and I was the governor of Texas. And I remember you greeting me in your office there and you probably thought you were going to be the prime minister. I wasn't sure if I was going to be the ...