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Vice President Dick Cheney talks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during a bilateral meeting in Rome Jan. 26, 2004. “We have many difficult challenges to face as democracies, but we in the United States are deeply grateful for the enormous contribution that Italy and Prime Minister Berlusconi have made to our mutual efforts,” Vice President Cheney said before the meeting. “We appreciate the contribution of the Italian armed forces and Carabinieri and especially respect the sacrifice that occurred at Nasiriyah in November.”
Vice President Dick Cheney talks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during a bilateral meeting in Rome Jan. 26, 2004. “We have many difficult challenges to face as democracies, but we in the United States are deeply grateful for the enormous contribution that Italy and Prime Minister Berlusconi have made to our mutual efforts,” Vice President Cheney said before the meeting. “We appreciate the contribution of the Italian armed forces and Carabinieri and especially respect the sacrifice that occurred at Nasiriyah in November.”
 
After attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney arrive in Rome Jan. 24, 2004. Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney tour Rome’s Palazzo Colonna Jan. 25, 2004. The palace, built in the early 15th century by Pope Martin Colonna, contains masterpieces by Italian artists created between the 15th and 18th centuries.
Vice President Dick Cheney talks with Antonio Malaschini, Secretary General of the Italian Senate, center, and Marcello Pera, President of the Italian Senate, right, during a reception in the Palazzo Giustiniani in Rome Jan. 26, 2004. Vice President Dick Cheney talks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during a bilateral meeting in Rome Jan. 26, 2004. “We have many difficult challenges to face as democracies, but we in the United States are deeply grateful for the enormous contribution that Italy and Prime Minister Berlusconi have made to our mutual efforts,” Vice President Cheney said before the meeting. “We appreciate the contribution of the Italian armed forces and Carabinieri and especially respect the sacrifice that occurred at Nasiriyah in November.”
An Italian opera singer serenades guests at a dinner hosted by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi honoring Vice President Dick Cheney in Rome Jan. 26, 2004. Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, meet His Holiness Pope John Paul II in the Vatican in Rome Jan. 27, 2004. The visit was part of a five-day trip through Switzerland and Italy for consultations with European allies on national security and economic matters.

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