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NATO Summit 2008
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A crowd gathers inside the doors to watch as President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush arrive at the Henri Coanda International Airport Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in Bucharest, Romania.
A crowd gathers inside the doors to watch as President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush arrive at the Henri Coanda International Airport Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in Bucharest, Romania.
 
President George W. Bush carries a bouquet of flowers on his arrival to meet President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine, and his wife, Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at the Presidential Secretariat in Kyiv for their welcoming ceremony. President George W. Bush stands with hand over heart during the playing of the national anthem Tuesday, April 1, 2008, during arrival ceremonies at the Presidential Secretariat in Kyiv. Standing with him is Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.
President George W. Bush responds to a reporter's question Tuesday, April 1, 2008, during a joint press availability with Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko at the Presidential Secretariat in Kyiv. President George W. Bush and Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko attend a joint press availability Tuesday, April 1, 2008, during a joint press availability at the Presidential Secretariat in Kyiv.
President George W. Bush and President Viktor Yushchenko of the Ukraine shake hands after their joint press availability Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at the Presidential Secretariat in Kyiv. President and Mrs. Laura Bush attended daylong events in the Ukraine capital before departing for Romania, site of the 2008 NATO Summit. President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush pose with students from School 57 in Kyiv Tuesday, April 1, 2008, after the Ukrainian teens performed a skit sponsored by PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush are joined by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his wife, first lady Kateryna Yushchenko, background, Tuesday, April 1, 2008, during a tour of St. Sophia's Cathedral lead by the Director of the Sofiya Kyivska Museum, Larisa Rusenko, in Kyiv, Ukraine. President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush joined by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his wife, first lady Kateryna Yushchenko, listen to a musical performance by the Credo Chamber Choir Tuesday, April 1, 2008, during a tour of St. Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush applaud as they watch a skit sponsored by PEPFAR on HIV/AIDS performed by students at School 57 Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in Kyiv, Ukraine. A crowd gathers inside the doors to watch as President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush arrive at the Henri Coanda International Airport Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in Bucharest, Romania.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush, accompanied by President Victor Yushchenko and his wife Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko, pay their respects at the Holodomor Memorial Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Holodomor Memorial is a remembrance to the victims 1932-1933 Ukrainian famine. President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush joined by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his wife, first lady Kateryna Yushchenko, are greeted by children, April 1, 2008, before touring St. Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush pose for a photo with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and the Credo Chamber Choir Tuesday, April 1, 2008, after a musical performance at St. Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine. Sponsored by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), students at School 57 in Kyiv perform a skit on HIV/AIDS for President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush Tuesday, April 1, 2008, during the daylong visit by the President and First Lady.
Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko, wife of Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko, enjoy tea Tuesday, April 1, 2008, after ceremonies welcoming Mrs. Bush and President George W. Bush to Kyiv. Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko listen to Ms. Natalia Klimenko, General Director of the Taras Shevchenko National Museum, as she describes a painting by the great Ukrainian poet and artist during their tour Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in Kyiv.
Mrs. Laura Bush, Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko and Dr. Deborah Taylor, wife of U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor, tour the Taras Shevchenko National Museum in Kyiv Tuesday, April 1, 2008. The museum honors the great Ukrainian poet, artist and thinker who died in 1861 at the age of 47 after spending 10 years in exile for his opposition to the social and national oppression of the Ukrainian people. A volunteer briefs Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko during their visit Tuesday, April 1, 2008, to the Ukraine Peace Corps headquarters in Kyiv. Mrs. Bush thanked all the volunteers for their service, telling them that during their 27 months of service, they serve as ambassadors for the United States, "sharing the best of our country with those who may never come into contact with another American."
Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko, wife of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, participate in a tea with breast cancer advocates and survivors Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at the Diplomatic Academy in Kyiv. President George W. Bush and President Viktor Yushchenko review the troops during arrival ceremonies Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at the Presidential Secretariat in Kyiv.
An honor guard marches past the red carpet in front of the Presidential Secretariat in Kyiv Tuesday, April 1, 2008, during arrival ceremonies for President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush. President George W. Bush and President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine, raise their glasses in a toast Tuesday, April 1, 2008, during a social lunch at the Presidential Secretariat in Kyiv.
President George W. Bush and Ukraine Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko wave to the media following their meeting Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at Kyiv's Club of Cabinet Ministers. Carrying bowls of corn with candles, President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush and Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko and Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko visit the Holomodor Memorial in Kyiv Tuesday, April 1, 2008. The memorial honors victims of Ukraine's great famine of 1932.

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