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NATO Summit 2008
NATO Summit 2008
President George W. Bush and President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia, shake hands as they smile at cameras before the start of the afternoon session of the 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest.
President George W. Bush and President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia, shake hands as they smile at cameras before the start of the afternoon session of the 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest.
 
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush share a light moment Wednesday, April 2, 2008, with Romania's President Taian Basescu and Mrs. Maria Basescu, left, and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Mrs. Jeannine de Hoop Scheffer during the NATO Summit official greeting at the Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest. President George W. Bush and President Taian Basescu of Romania, shake hands after concluding their joint press availability Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at the presidential retreat in Neptun, Romania.
With the Black Sea behind them, President George W. Bush and President Taian Basescu walk along a pier Wednesday, April 2, 2008, during a tour of the Romanian leader's presidential retreat in Neptun, Romania. President George W. Bush bows his head as he stands with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday, April 3, 2008, at the start of the North Atlantic Council Summit in Bucharest.
President George W. Bush shares a light moment with Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, left, and Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store, right, during the NATO Summit Thursday, April 3, 2008, in Bucharest. The North Atlantic Council Summit gets under way Thursday, April 3, 2008, in Bucharest.
President George W. Bush embraces President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, as they arrive for a session of the NATO Summit Thursday, April 3, 2008, in Bucharest. Mrs. Laura Bush listens to Ms. Roxana Theodorescu, Director of the National Art Museum, during a visit Thursday, April 3, 2008, in Bucharest.
Mrs. Laura Bush peers in for a closer view of artwork during a visit Thursday, April 3, 2008, to the National Art Museum in Bucharest. Mrs. Laura Bush greets Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai at the Headquarters of the Romanian Intelligence Service Thursday, April 3, 2008, where they participated in the Young Atlanticist Summit Video Conference with Kabul University.
Mrs. Laura Bush acknowledges Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai and his country's democratic successes during their appearance at the Bucharest headquarters of the Romanian Intelligence Service Thursday, April 3, 2008, for a video teleconference with students from Kabul University as part of the Young Atlanticist Summit. President George W. Bush stands with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday, April 3, 2008, during the North Atlantic Council Summit in Bucharest.
President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom, speak together at the start of the day's session Thursday, April 3, 2008, at the 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest. President George W. Bush and President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia, shake hands as they smile at cameras before the start of the afternoon session of the 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest.
President George W. Bush and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan participate in the NATO Summit Meeting on Afghanistan Thursday, April 3, 2008, in Bucharest. Mrs. Laura Bush joins the spouses of NATO leaders Thursday, April 3, 2008, for a traditional folk music program at Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest. Located just outside the city, the museum is laid out like a typical rural Romanian village and includes around 300 authentic rural buildings from every region of the country.
Mrs. Laura Bush spends a moment with a traditional handicraft artisan at the Dimitrie Gusti during an outing Thursday, April 3, 2008, with NATO spouses to the Bucharest open-air museum. Mrs. Laura Bush walks with the spouses of NATO leaders Thursday, April 3, 2008, at the open-aired Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest. With her are Maria Basescu, right, spouse of Romania's President Traian Basescu, and Alexandra Coman, fiancŽe of Romania's Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu.
Mrs. Laura Bush peers through an archway at the Dimitrie Gusti Village in Bucharest Thursday, April 3, 2008, as she joined fellow spouses of NATO leaders for a tour of the open-air museum. Mrs. Laura Bush leans in to listen to Alexandra Coman, fiance of Romania's Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu, as they join other guests, including Mrs. Maria Basescu, in white, spouse of Romania's President Taian Basescu, and Mrs. Jeannie de Hoop Scheffer, spouse of NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at the Dimitrie Gusti Village museum in Bucharest.
Traditional folk dancers perform during the Official NATO Spouses' Program Thursday, April 3, 2008, at Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest. A young boy sings and dances as he's accompanied by an accordionist during a performance for the official NATO Spouses' Program Thursday, April 3, 2008, at the Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest.
Mrs. Laura Bush poses for a photo with other NATO Spouses' during a visit to the National Art Museum Thursday, March 3, 2008, in Bucharest. President George W. Bush speaks with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday, April 3, 2008, during the 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest.

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