List of international presidential trips made by George W. Bush
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This is a list of international presidential trips made by George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States. George W. Bush has made 48 international trips to 72 different countries (in addition to visiting the West Bank) during his presidency, which began on January 20, 2001 and ended on January 20, 2009.[1]
Bush visited six continents: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. On one of his two trips to Sub-Saharan Africa, he visited three of the poorest countries in the world: Liberia, Rwanda, and Benin. He also made a secret trip to Iraq on Thanksgiving Day 2003 to dine with the troops. His father had made a similar visit to the U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia in 1990. On November 15–20, 2006, Bush made the third round the world presidential flight (after Johnson and Nixon).
The number of visits per country where he travelled are:
- One visit to Albania, Argentina, Austria, Bahrain, Benin, Botswana, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Kosovo, Kuwait, Liberia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Rwanda, Senegal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vietnam, and the West Bank
- Two visits to Afghanistan, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Peru, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, and Thailand
- Three visits to Egypt, South Korea, and Poland
- Four visits to Canada, China, France, Iraq, and Japan
- Five visits to Germany, the United Kingdom, and Vatican City
- Six visits to Italy and Mexico
- Seven visits to Russia
2001
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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1 | February 16, 2001 | Mexico | San Cristóbal | Met with President Vincente Fox; discussed trade, energy, migration, educational opportunities, and the battle against the illegal drug trade.[2] |
2 | April 20–22, 2001 | Canada | Quebec City | Attended the 3rd Summit of the Americas. |
3 | June 12–13, 2001 | Spain | Madrid | Met with King Juan Carlos I and Prime Minister José María Aznar. |
June 13–14, 2001 | Belgium | Brussels | Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. Met with King Albert II and Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt. | |
June 14–15, 2001 | Sweden | Gothenburg | Attended the U.S.-EU Summit Meeting. Met with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Prime Minister Göran Persson. | |
June 15–16, 2001 | Poland | Warsaw | State Visit. Met with President Aleksander Kwaśniewski. | |
June 16, 2001 | Slovenia | Kranj | Met with Prime Minister Janez Drnovšek and Russian President Vladimir Putin. | |
4 | July 18–20, 2001 | United Kingdom | London, Chequers, Halton, Brize Norton |
Met with Prime Minister Tony Blair and Queen Elizabeth II. |
July 20–24, 2001 | Italy | Genoa, Castel Gandolfo, Rome |
Attended the 27th G8 summit. Met with Pope John Paul II. Also met with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. | |
July 24, 2001 | Kosovo | Camp Bondsteel | Addressed U.S. military personnel. | |
5 | October 18–21, 2001 | China | Shanghai | Attended APEC Summit Meeting. |
2002
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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6 | February 16–19, 2002 | Japan | Tokyo | Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Emperor Akihito. Addressed the Diet. |
February 19–21, 2002 | South Korea | Seoul, Dorasan, Osan |
Met with President Kim Dae-jung. Visited the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Addressed U.S. military personnel. | |
February 21–22, 2002 | China | Beijing | Met with President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji. | |
7 | March 21–22, 2002 | Mexico | Monterrey | Attended the International Conference on Financing for Development. Met with President Vicente Fox. |
March 23–24, 2002 | Peru | Lima | Met with the Presidents of Peru, Colombia, and Bolivia, and with the Vice President of Ecuador. | |
March 24, 2002 | El Salvador | San Salvador | Attended the Summit Meeting of Presidents of the Central American Republics. | |
8 | May 22–23, 2002 | Germany | Berlin | Met with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Addressed the Bundestag. |
May 23–26, 2002 | Russia | Moscow, St. Petersburg |
Summit meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Signed Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty. | |
May 26–27, 2002 | France | Paris, Sainte-Mère-Église, Colleville |
Met with President Jacques Chirac. Delivered a Memorial Day address in Normandy. | |
May 27–28, 2002 | Italy | Rome | Met with President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Attended the NATO Summit Meeting and inaugurated the NATO-Russia Council. | |
May 28, 2002 | Vatican City | Apostolic Palace | Audience with Pope John Paul II. | |
9 | June 25–27, 2002 | Canada | Kananaskis | Attended the '28th G8 summit. |
10 | October 26–27, 2002 | Mexico | Los Cabos | Attended the APEC Summit Meeting'. |
11 | November 19–22, 2002 | Czech Republic | Prague | Attended the NATO and EAPC Summit Meetings. |
November 22, 2002 | Russia | St. Petersburg | Met with President Vladimir Putin. | |
November 22–23, 2002 | Lithuania | Vilnius | Met with the Presidents of the Baltic states. | |
November 23, 2002 | Romania | Bucharest | Met with President Ion Iliescu. |
2003
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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12 | March 16, 2003 | Portugal | Terceira Island | Discussed the Iraq crisis with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar and Portuguese Prime Minister José Manuel Barroso. |
13 | April 7–8, 2003 | United Kingdom | Belfast, Hillsborough |
Met with Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss the reconstruction of Iraq. Also met with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Northern Irish political leaders. |
14 | May 31, 2003 | Poland | Kraków, Oświęcim |
Met with President Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Prime Minister Leszek Miller. Visited Nazi-German Auschwitz concentration camp. |
May 31 – June 1, 2003 | Russia | St. Petersburg | Met with President Vladimir Putin. Attended ceremonies commemorating the city's 300th anniversary. | |
June 1–2, 2003 | France | Evian-les-Bains | Attended the 29th G8 summit. Met with Chinese President Hu Jintao. | |
June 2–3, 2003 | Egypt | Sharm el-Sheikh | Attended the "Red Sea Summit" with the leaders of Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, and with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. | |
June 4, 2003 | Jordan | Aqaba | Attended meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. Met with King Abdullah II. | |
June 4–5, 2003 | Qatar | Doha | Met with Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Visited U.S. Central Command headquarters and addressed U.S. military personnel. | |
15 | July 8, 2003 | Senegal | Dakar, Gorée Island |
Met with President Abdoulaye Wade. |
July 8–11, 2003 | South Africa | Pretoria | Met with President Thabo Mbeki. | |
July 10, 2003 | Botswana | Gaborone | Met with President Festus Mogae. Toured Mokolodi Nature Reserve. | |
July 11, 2003 | Uganda | Kampala | Met with President Yoweri Museveni. | |
July 11–12, 2003 | Nigeria | Abuja | Met with President Olusegun Obasanjo. | |
16 | October 17–18, 2003 | Japan | Tokyo | Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. |
October 18–19, 2003 | Philippines | Manila | Addressed a joint session of the Philippine Congress and met with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. | |
October 18–21, 2003 | Thailand | Bangkok | Attended the APEC Summit Meeting. | |
October 21–22, 2003 | Singapore | Singapore | Met with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. | |
October 22, 2003 | Indonesia | Denpasar | Met with President Megawati Sukarnoputri and Muslim religious leaders. | |
October 22, 2003 | Australia | Canberra | Met with Prime Minister John Howard. Addressed joint meeting of Parliament. | |
17 | November 18–21, 2003 | United Kingdom | London, Sedgefield |
State Visit. Met with Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair. |
November 27, 2003 | Iraq | Baghdad | Met with members of the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council. Addressed U.S. military personnel. |
2004
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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18 | January 12–13, 2004 | Mexico | Monterrey | Attended the Special Summit of the Americas. |
19 | June 4–5, 2004 | Italy | Rome | Met with President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. |
June 4, 2004 | Vatican City | Apostolic Palace | Met with Pope John Paul II. | |
June 5–6, 2004 | France | Paris, Colleville, Caen, Arromanches |
Met with President Jacques Chirac. Attended the 60th anniversary of D-Day ceremonies. | |
20 | June 25–26, 2004 | Ireland | Shannon, Dromoland Castle |
Attended the U.S.-EU Summit Meeting. Met with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. |
June 26–29, 2004 | Turkey | Ankara, Istanbul |
Met with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Attended the NATO Summit meeting. | |
21 | November 19–22, 2004 | Chile | Santiago | Attended the APEC Summit Meeting. |
November 22, 2004 | Colombia | Cartagena | Met with President Álvaro Uribe. | |
22 | November 30 – December 1, 2004 | Canada | Ottawa, Gatineau, Halifax |
Met with Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Myra Freeman and Prime Minister Paul Martin. |
2005
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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23 | February 20–23, 2005 | Belgium | Brussels | Attended the NATO and EU Summit Meetings. |
February 23, 2005 | Germany | Mainz, Wiesbaden |
Met with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Visited U.S. military personnel. | |
February 23–24, 2005 | Slovakia | Bratislava | Met with Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda and Russian President Vladimir Putin. | |
24 | April 6–8, 2005 | Vatican City | St. Peter's Basilica | Attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II. |
April 6–8, 2005 | Italy | Rome | Met with President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. | |
25 | May 6–7, 2005 | Latvia | Riga | Met with the Presidents of the Baltic states. |
May 7–8, 2005 | Netherlands | Maastricht, Valkenburg, Margraten |
Met with Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. Delivered address at the Netherlands American Cemetery, marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.[3] | |
May 8–9, 2005 | Russia | Moscow | Met with President Vladimir Putin. Attended the 60th anniversary of VE Day ceremonies. | |
May 9–10, 2005 | Georgia | Tbilisi | Met with President Mikheil Saakashvili. | |
26 | July 5–6, 2005 | Denmark | Kastrup, Fredensborg, Copenhagen |
Met with Queen Margrethe II and Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. |
July 6–8, 2005 | United Kingdom | Gleneagles | Attended the 31st G8 summit. | |
27 | November 3–5, 2005 | Argentina | Mar del Plata | Attended the 4th Summit of the Americas. |
November 5–6, 2005 | Brazil | Brasília | Met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. | |
November 6–7, 2005 | Panama | Panama City | Met with President Martín Torrijos. | |
28 | November 15–16, 2005 | Japan | Kyoto | Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. |
November 16–20, 2005 | South Korea | Pusan, Gyeongju, Osan |
Attended the APEC Summit Meeting. Met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Addressed U.S. military personnel. | |
November 20–21, 2005 | China | Beijing | Met with President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao. | |
November 21, 2005 | Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | Met with President Nambaryn Enkhbayar and Prime Minister Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj. |
2006
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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29 | February 28, 2006 | Ireland | Shannon | Met with U.S. Marines who were en route to Iraq. |
March 1, 2006 | Afghanistan | Bagram, Kabul |
Met with President Hamid Karzai. Dedicated new U.S. Embassy. Addressed U.S. military personnel. | |
March 1–3, 2006 | India | New Delhi, Hyderabad |
Met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Signed U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement. | |
March 3–4, 2006 | Pakistan | Islamabad | Met with President Pervez Musharraf. | |
30 | March 30–31, 2006 | Mexico | Cancún, Chichen-Itza |
Attended the 2nd North American Leaders' Summit with President Vincente Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper; visited the Chichen-Itza archaeological site. |
31 | June 13, 2006 | Iraq | Baghdad | Met with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Addressed U.S. military personnel. |
32 | June 20–21, 2006 | Austria | Vienna | Attended the U.S.-EU Summit Meeting. |
June 21–22, 2006 | Hungary | Budapest | Met with President László Sólyom and Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány. Attended the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising. | |
33 | July 12–14, 2006 | Germany | Stralsund, Trinwillershagen |
Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel. |
July 14–17, 2006 | Russia | St. Petersburg | Attended the 32nd G8 summit. Met with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. | |
34 | November 15, 2006 | Russia | Moscow | Met with President Vladimir Putin. |
November 16–17, 2006 | Singapore | Singapore | Met with Acting President Pillay and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Addressed National University of Singapore. | |
November 17–20, 2006 | Vietnam | Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City |
Attended the APEC Summit Meeting. | |
November 20, 2006 | Indonesia | Jakarta, Bogor |
Met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. | |
35 | November 27–28, 2006 | Estonia | Tallinn | Met with President Toomas Hendrik Ilves. |
November 28–29, 2006 | Latvia | Riga | Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. | |
November 29–30, 2006 | Jordan | Amman | Met with King Abdullah II and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. |
2007
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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36 | March 8–9, 2007 | Brazil | São Paulo | Met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. |
March 9–11, 2007 | Uruguay | Montevideo | Met with President Tabaré Vázquez. | |
March 11, 2007 | Colombia | Bogotá | Met with President Álvaro Uribe. | |
March 11–12, 2007 | Guatemala | Guatemala City, Santa Cruz Balanyá, Iximche |
Informal visit; met with President Óscar Berger. Visited Iximche archaeological site. | |
March 12–14, 2007 | Mexico | Mérida, Uxmal |
Met with President Felipe Calderón; visited the Maya ruin complex of Uxmal. | |
37 | June 4–5, 2007 | Czech Republic | Prague | Met with President Václav Klaus and Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek. Addressed Conference on Democracy and Security. |
June 5–8. 2007 | Germany | Heiligendamm | Attended the 33rd G8 summit. Met with Chinese President Hu Jintao. | |
June 8, 2007 | Poland | Gdańsk, Jurata |
Met with President Lech Kaczyński. | |
June 8–10, 2007 | Italy | Rome | Met with President Giorgio Napolitano and Prime Minister Romano Prodi. | |
June 9, 2007 | Vatican City | Apostolic Palace | Audience with Pope Benedict XVI. | |
June 10, 2007 | Albania | Tirana | Met with President Alfred Moisiu and Prime Minister Sali Berisha. | |
June 10–11, 2007 | Bulgaria | Sofia | Met with President Georgi Parvanov and Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev. | |
38 | August 20–21, 2007 | Canada | Montebello | Attended North American Leaders' Summit with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderón. |
39 | September 3, 2007 | Iraq | Al Asad Airbase | Met with Gen. David Petraeus, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, senior U.S. officials, Iraqi political leaders. Addressed U.S military personnel. |
September 3–8, 2007 | Australia | Sydney | Attended the APEC Summit Meeting. |
2008
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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40 | January 9–11, 2008 | Israel | Tel Aviv, Jerusalem |
Met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and President Shimon Peres. Visited Yad Vashem. |
January 10, 2008 | Palestinian National Authority | Ramallah, Bethlehem |
Met with President Mahmoud Abbas. Visited the Church of the Nativity. | |
January 11–12, 2008 | Kuwait | Kuwait City, Camp Arifjan |
Attended Roundtable on Democracy and Development. Met with Gen. David Petraeus and United States Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker. Addressed U.S. military personnel. | |
January 12–13, 2008 | Bahrain | Manama | Met with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. Addressed U.S. military personnel. | |
January 13–14, 2008 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi, Dubai | Met with President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. | |
January 14–16, 2008 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh, Al-Janadriyah |
Met with King Abdullah. | |
January 16, 2008 | Egypt | Sharm el-Sheikh | Met with President Hosni Mubarak. | |
41 | February 16, 2008 | Benin | Porto Novo | Met with President Yayi Boni. |
February 16–19, 2008 | Tanzania | Dar es Salaam, Arusha |
Met with President Jakaya Kikwete. Signed Millenimum Challenge agreement. | |
February 19, 2008 | Rwanda | Kigali | Met with President Paul Kagame. Dedicated new U.S. Embassy. | |
February 19–21, 2008 | Ghana | Accra | Met with President John Kufuor. | |
February 21, 2008 | Liberia | Monrovia | Met with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. | |
42 | April 1, 2008 | Ukraine | Kiev | Met with President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. |
April 2–4, 2008 | Romania | Bucharest | Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. | |
April 4–5, 2008 | Croatia | Zagreb | Met with President Stjepan Mesić. | |
April 5–6, 2008 | Russia | Sochi | Met with President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Dmitry Medvedev. | |
43 | May 14–16, 2008 | Israel | Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Masada |
Met with President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Addressed the Knesset. Attended Israel's 60th anniversary. Visited the Masada fortification site. |
May 16–17, 2008 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh, al-Janadriyah |
Met with King Abdullah. | |
May 17–18, 2008 | Egypt | Sharm el-Sheikh | Met with President Hosni Mubarak, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani. Addressed the World Economic Forum. | |
44 | June 9–10, 2008 | Slovenia | Ljubljana | Met with President Danilo Türk and Prime Minister Janez Janša. Attended the EU-US Summit Meeting. |
June 10–11, 2008 | Germany | Meseberg | Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel. | |
June 11–13, 2008 | Italy | Rome | Met with President Giorgio Napolitano and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. | |
June 13, 2008 | Vatican City | Apostolic Palace | Met with Pope Benedict XVI. | |
June 13–15, 2008 | France | Paris | Met with President Nicolas Sarkozy. Addressed the OECD. Attended wreath-laying ceremonies at the Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial and Mémorial de la France combattante. | |
June 15–16, 2008 | United Kingdom | London, Belfast |
Met with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle. Met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Quartet Representative Tony Blair. In Belfast, met with First Minister Peter Robertson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness. | |
45 | July 6–9, 2008 | Japan | Tōyako | Attended the 34th G8 summit. Met with Tanzanian President Kikwete, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chinese President Hu Jintao and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. |
46 | August 5–6, 2008 | South Korea | Seoul | Met with President Lee Myung-bak. Addressed U.S. military personnel. |
August 6–7, 2008 | Thailand | Bangkok | Met with Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. | |
August 7–11, 2008 | China | Beijing | Attended the opening ceremonies of the Olympics Games. Met with President Hu Jintao and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. | |
47 | November 21–23, 2008 | Peru | Lima | Attended the APEC Summit Meeting. |
48 | December 14, 2008 | Iraq | Baghdad | Met with President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Signed Strategic Framework and Security Agreements. Visited U.S. military personnel. |
December 14–15, 2008 | Afghanistan | Kabul | Met with President Hamid Karzai. Visited U.S. military personnel. |
Multilateral meetings
Group | Year | |||||||
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2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
APEC | October 20–21 Shanghai | October 26–27 Los Cabos | October 20–21 Bangkok | November 20–21 Santiago | November 18–19 Busan | November 18–19 Hanoi | September 8–9 Sydney | November 22–23 Lima |
G8 | July 21–22 Genoa | June 25–27 Kananaskis | June 1–2 Évian-les-Bains | June 8–10 Sea Island | July 6–8 Gleneagles | July 14–17 St. Petersburg | June 6–8 Heiligendamm | July 6–9 Tōyako |
NALS | none | none | none | none | March 23 Waco | March 31 Cancún | August 20–21 Montebello | April 21–22 New Orleans |
NATO | June 13 Brussels | May 28 Rome | none | June 28–29 Istanbul | February 25 Brussels | November 28–29 Riga | none | April 2–4 Bucharest |
November 21–22 Prague | ||||||||
SOA (OAS) | April 20–22 Quebec City | none | none | January 12–13 Monterrey | November 4–5 Mar del Plata | none | none | none |
Others | U.S.-EU Summit June 14–15 Gothenburg | Central American Summit March 24 San Salvador | Red Sea Summit June 2–3 Sharm el-Sheikh | U.S.-EU Summit June 25–26 Dromoland Castle | none | U.S.-EU Summit June 20–21 Vienna | none | U.S.-EU Summit June 9–10 Ljubljana |
See also
References
- ↑ "Travels of President George W. Bush". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
- ↑ "The President's News Conference With President Vicente Fox of Mexico in San Cristobal, Mexico". The American Presidency Project. University of California, Santa Barbara. February 16, 2001. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Bush honors WWII dead on Netherlands stop: Marking V-E Day, president reflects on 'terribler price'". May 8, 2005. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
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