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Vice President Dick Cheney enters the Presidential Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan, to meet with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Friday, May 5, 2006.
Vice President Dick Cheney enters the Presidential Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan, to meet with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Friday, May 5, 2006.
A Kazakh Honor Guard stands at attention during Vice President Dick Cheney's arrival to Astana, Kazakhstan, Friday, May 5, 2006. The Vice President's visit to Kazakhstan is the second stop of a five-day, three-country trip to Eastern Europe and Central Asia. A Kazakh woman adorned in ceremonial dress holds a bouquet of flowers as Vice President Dick Cheney arrives in Astanta, Kazakhstan, Friday, May 5, 2006.
Mrs. Lynne Cheney is given a bouquet of flowers upon arrival to Astana, Kazakhstan, Friday, May 5, 2006. While in Kazakhstan Mrs. Cheney will meet with young Kazakh leaders to encourage people-to-people ties between the U.S. and Kazakhstan. Vice President Dick Cheney walks through an Honor Guard with Kazakh Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev upon arrival in Astana, Kazakhstan, Friday, May 5, 2006. While in Astana the Vice President will meet with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev to discuss a range of issues including democratization, Central Asian relations, energy, and the global war on terror.
Vice President Dick Cheney enters the Presidential Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan, to meet with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Friday, May 5, 2006. Vice President Dick Cheney talks with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in a one-on-one meeting at the Presidential Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan, Friday, May 5, 2006. The two leaders discussed democratic pursuits, energy production, trade and Kazakhstan's developing role in Central Asia relations.
Vice President Dick Cheney, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and delegations from the US and Kazakhstan conduct a bilateral meeting at the Presidential Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan, Friday, May 5, 2006. Vice President Dick Cheney and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev speak to the press following their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan, Friday, May 5, 2006. In his remarks the Vice President said, "The vision we affirm today is a community of sovereign states that grow in liberty and prosperity, trade and freedom and strive together for a century of peace. Standing in this modern capital city, I am proud to affirm the strong ties between Kazakhstan and the United States."
Soldiers stand at attention inside the Presidential Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan, the setting for a series of meetings held by Vice President Dick Cheney and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Friday, May 5, 2006. From a high window in the Presidential Palace, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev points out places of interest along the Astana, Kazakhstan skyline, Friday, May 5, 2006.
With the aid of an interpreter Vice President Dick Cheney and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev spend a final moment to talk alone before concluding meetings in Astana, Kazakhstan, Friday, May 5, 2006. Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, directs a question during a discussion with young Kazakhstani leaders, Saturday, May 6, 2006, in Astana, Kazakhstan. The Vice President and Mrs. Cheney met with the youth to encourage people-to-people ties between the U.S. and Kazakhstan.
Vice President Dick Cheney listens as leaders of Kazakh opposition political parties share their ideas regarding political and economic reform and the advancement of democracy in Kazakhstan, Saturday, May 6, 2006, during a breakfast meeting in Astana. Vice President Dick Cheney participates in a breakfast meeting with representatives of Kazakh opposition groups Saturday, May 6, 2006, in Astana, Kazakhstan. During the meeting the political leaders shared their ideas regarding political and economic reform and the advancement of democracy in Kazakhstan.
Following morning meetings with Kazakh political oppositional leaders and Kazakh youth, Vice President Dick Cheney and Mrs. Lynne Cheney depart Astana, Kazakhstan, Saturday, May 6, 2006. The Vice President met with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the Presidential Palace the previous day.

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