For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 3, 2004

President Bush to Welcome Australian PM Howard
Statement by the Press Secretary

May 3, 2004

STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY

Visit by Prime Minister John Howard of Australia

President Bush will welcome Prime Minister John Howard to the White House on June 3, 2004. Australia is a lead nation in the global war on terror. President Bush looks forward to discussing with Prime Minister Howard a range of important regional and international issues and to deepening and broadening bilateral relations between the United States and Australia, to include the recently concluded Free Trade Agreement.

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