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U.S.-Mexico: A State Visit
After talking with community leaders and many Toledo-area residents, Presidents Bush and Fox wave goodbye to the crowd at the airport before returning to Washington, D.C. aboard Air Force One.
After talking with community leaders and many Toledo-area residents, Presidents Bush and Fox wave goodbye to the crowd at the airport before returning to Washington, D.C. aboard Air Force One.
 
With President Bush as his host and guide, President Fox of Mexico and his staff are treated to an Oval-office view of America. In addition to being honored with a state dinner, the Mexican leader visited old friends in our government while making new ones as he traveled to America's heartland. Reporters and microphones squeeze into an-already crowded cabinet room as Presidents Fox and Bush preside over a bi-national Cabinet meeting Sept. 6. The two groups discussed many issues of interest to both nations, such as migration, law enforcement, border affairs, trade, energy, and global and social issues.
After decorating it with green silks, John Quincy Adams named the room that was traditionally used for small teas and receptions as, "the Green Drawing Room." More than 150 years later, Mrs. Laura Bush holds to the oldest of traditions as she hosts a tea in the Green Room for Mexico's visiting First Lady Martha Sahagun de Fox. Covering such issues as migration, law enforcement, border affairs, trade,energy, and global and social issues, President Fox makes history as he addresses a joint session of Congress. Afterwards, the Mexican leader continued his talks in a private meeting with Vice President Cheney.
After listening to President Fox's address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill, American statesman and onlookers alike raise the roof with a standing ovation and thunderous applause. "I think President Fox did a magnificent job," exclaimed Senator Trent Lott. "A boffo performance. Viva, Fox!" After a short press conference on the South Lawn, Presidents Bush and Fox board Marine One to visit Toledo, Ohio, Sept. 6.
Moments after landing, Presidents Fox and Bush greet a welcoming crowd at Toledo, Ohio, Sept. 6. It was the second day of activities during Fox's trip to America. En route to speak at University of Toledo's Savage Hall, Presidents Bush and Fox wave to onlookers as they tour through the streets of America's heartland. "I can feel right here the enthusiasm, the warm welcome, which you generously are giving to us. Your welcome has moved me," said President Fox during his remarks at the university.
Speaking in Spanish and English, President Fox addresses a crowd of students, faculty and community members at the University of Toledo. "(The United States and Mexico) are partners to work together, building a better future for both of our nations," said the Mexican leader in his remarks. At the Aurora Gonzales Community and Resource Center in Toledo, Ohio, President Fox talks with a student. At the center, the Presidents spoke with kids and adults alike, and also played foosball, pool and basketball.
While their presidential husbands raised a raucous with an enthusiastic crowd in Toledo, Ohio, Martha Sahagun de Fox and Mrs. Laura Bush made a quiet, stately tour of an exhibit of Latino art at Chicago's Terra Museum of American Art. After talking with community leaders and many Toledo-area residents, Presidents Bush and Fox wave goodbye to the crowd at the airport before returning to Washington, D.C. aboard Air Force One.

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