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Mrs. Bush: A Trip of Friendship and Honor
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush wave to a crowd at the American Cemetery in Maastrich, Netherlands Sunday, May 8, 2005, honoring those who served in World War II 60 years ago.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush wave to a crowd at the American Cemetery in Maastrich, Netherlands Sunday, May 8, 2005, honoring those who served in World War II 60 years ago.
President and Mrs. Bush are greeted aboard Air Force One by Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga after they arrived Friday, May 6, 2005, in Riga. The President and Mrs. Bush are on a four-day visit to Europe that will include stops in Latvia, the Netherlands, Georgia and Russia. Accompanied by Laura Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, President George W. Bush address U.S. Embassy families and staff in Latvia Saturday, May 7, 2005.  Pictured at left are U.S. Ambassador to Latvia, Catherin T. Bailey, and her husband, Irving Bailey II.
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush and Latvia President Vaira Vike-Freiberga and husband Imants Freiberg stand for the playing of the American national anthem Saturday, May 7, 2005, at the Freedom Monument in Riga, Latvia. Hosted by President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Laura Bush tours the city of Riga, Latvia, Saturday, May 7, 2005.
Laura Bush takes a walking tour of Riga, Latvia, Saturday, May 7, 2005. Laura Bush lays flowers at the Rumbula Holocaust Memorial in Riga, Latvia, Saturday, May 7, 2005.
Laura Bush visits the Rumbula Holocaust Memorial in Riga, Latvia, Saturday, May 7, 2005. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush participate in a ceremony with Latvia's President Vaira Vike-Freiberga and her husband Imants Freiberga at the Freedom Monument in Riga, May 7, 2005.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush wave to a crowd at the American Cemetery in Maastrich, Netherlands Sunday, May 8, 2005, honoring those who served in World War II 60 years ago. Mrs. Laura Bush lays flowers at the Netherlands American Cemetery Sunday, May 8, 2005, in Margraten.
First Lady Laura Bush reflects after placing flowers at the Mourning Woman Statue in Netherlands American Cemetery Sunday, May 8, 2005, in Margraten. First Lady Laura Bush shakes hands with a veteran following a ceremony Sunday, May 8, 2005, in Margraten, Netherlands honoring those who served in World War II. The ceremony highlighted the President and First Lady’s visit to the Netherlands before moving on to Moscow.
Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of The Netherlands, left, President George W. Bush, Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands, and Mrs. Laura Bush stand on stage Sunday, May 8, 2005, at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, as a flyover marks the remembrance of those who served in World War II. President George W. Bush and Russia President Vladimir Putin embrace in the background as Mrs. Bush reaches out to Ludmila Putina, Russia's first lady, as the Bushes arrived Sunday, May 8, 2005, at the Putin residence shortly after their arrival in Moscow.
Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the end of World War II, President George W. Bush and Laura Bush join world leaders in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin wall Monday, May 9, 2005. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush arrive at the Kremlin to take part in ceremonies commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in Moscow's Red Square Monday, May 9, 2005.
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush enter Moscow's Red Square before the start of a military parade honoring the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II Monday, May 9, 2005. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush stand with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ludmila Putina, French President Jacque Chirac, far left, and Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, as many heads of state watch a parade in Moscow's Red Square commemorating the end of World War II Monday, May 9, 2005.
Laura Bush and Sandra Roelofs, wife of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, are introduced before President Bush addresses a crowd of thousands at Freedom Square in Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, May 10, 2005. Georgian children in traditional dress join thousands of people gathered in Freedom Square to hear President Bush speak the President's in Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, May 10, 2005. 

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