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Article: GEORGE W. BUSH HOLDS A MEDIA AVAILABILITY FOLLOWING A MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT AL-HASHEMI OF IRAQ
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- December 12, 2006
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PRESIDENT BUSH HOLDS A MEDIA AVAILABILITY FOLLOWING A MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT AL-HASHEMI OF IRAQ
DECEMBER 12, 2006
SPEAKERS: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TARIQ AL-HASHEMI, VICE PRESIDENT OF IRAQ
[*] BUSH: It's been my honor to meet with the vice president of Iraq again. I had the pleasure of meeting the vice president in Baghdad. It was there that I invited him to come to Washington, D.C. And I did so because I understand his importance to the future of Iraq.
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