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President George W. Bush walks to the podium to deliver remarks from Gellert Hill in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 22, 2006. "Laura and I are honored to visit your great nation," said President Bush. "Hungary sits at the heart of Europe. Hungary represents the triumph of liberty over tyranny, and America is proud to call Hungary a friend." White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush walks to the podium to deliver remarks from Gellert Hill in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 22, 2006. "Laura and I are honored to visit your great nation," said President Bush. "Hungary sits at the heart of Europe. Hungary represents the triumph of liberty over tyranny, and America is proud to call Hungary a friend." White House photo by Paul Morse
Vice President Dick Cheney is joined by his dogs Dave, left, and Jackson, right, during an interview with John King of CNN, Thursday, June 22, 2006, at the Vice President’s Residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington D.C. White House photo by David Bohrer
Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany and his wife Dr. Klara Dobrev welcome President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush to the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 22, 2006. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush and Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany walk through the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, June 22, 2006. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany at the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, June 22, 2006. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush, Mrs. Laura Bush, Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom and Mrs. Erzsebet Solyom participate in an official arrival ceremony at Sandor Palace in Budapest, Hungary, June 22, 2006. White House photo by Paul Morse
Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom and President George W. Bush review the Hungarian troops during an arrival ceremony at Sandor Palace in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 22, 2006. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Hungarian troops march in front of Sandor Palace during an arrival ceremony for President George W. Bush in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 22, 2006. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush meets with Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom at Sandor Palace in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 22, 2006. Also pictured, from left, are: U.S. Ambassador George Walker; Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kinga Goncz; and Hungarian Ambassador Andras Simonyi. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush talks with Hungarian political leaders inside the conference hall of the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 22, 2006. White House photo by Eric Draper
Mrs. Laura Bush attends a tea hosted by Hungarian First Lady Erzsebet Solyom at Sandor Palace in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 22, 2006. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush and Dr. Klara Dobrev, wife of Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsanys, participate in a roundtable discussion about breast cancer awareness in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 22, 2006. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush and Dr. Klara Dobrev, wife of Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsanys, visit the United Daycare of Jozsefvarosi in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 22, 2006. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush stand in silence after laying flowers at the eternal flame of the 1956 Memorial Monument outside the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 22, 2006. The monument honors victims of the failed 1956 Hungarian uprising against Soviet rule. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush walks to the podium to deliver remarks from Gellert Hill in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 22, 2006. "Laura and I are honored to visit your great nation," said President Bush. "Hungary sits at the heart of Europe. Hungary represents the triumph of liberty over tyranny, and America is proud to call Hungary a friend." White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush speaks from Gellert Hill in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 22, 2006. "Fifty years ago, you could watch history being written from this hill. In 1956, the Hungarian people suffered under a communist dictatorship and domination by a foreign power," said President Bush. "That fall, the Hungarian people had decided they had had enough and demanded change." White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush speaks from Gellert Hill in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 22, 2006. "From this spot you could see tens of thousands of students and workers and other Hungarians marching through the streets," said President Bush in his remarks about the 1956 Hungarian uprising. "They called for an end to dictatorship, to censorship, and to the secret police. They called for free elections, a free press, and the release of political prisoners. These Hungarian patriots tore down the statue of Josef Stalin, and defied an empire to proclaim their liberty." White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush waves after delivering remarks at Gellert Hill in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 22, 2006. "The Hungarian people know well the promise of freedom. Many of you lived through the nightmare of fascism, or communism, or both. Yet you never lost hope. You kept faith in freedom," said the President. "And 50 years after you watched Soviet tanks invade your beloved city, you now watch your grandchildren play in the streets of a free Hungary." White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush arrive via Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House Thursday, June 22, 2006, after a three-day European visit to Vienna and Budapest. White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt
 
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