WASHINGTON, July 1 Kyodo (EDS: RECASTING) President George W. Bush will travel Aug. 5-6 to South Korea for talks with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak on such topics as North Korea's denuclearization, the White House said Tuesday. The White House also said Bush will...
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy OSTP has set a date for the congressionally mandated "Science and Technology Summit." But the event is in direct conflict with one that is being sponsored by the Commerce Department on virtually the same dates. That event, titled "The Americas Competitiveness...
WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush will attend an EU-US summit in Slovenia in June as part of a European tour including stops in Germany, Italy, the Vatican, France and Britain, the White House announced Tuesday. Bush will begin the June 9-16 trip "by participating in the...
The following list includes the President's public schedule and other items of general interest announced by the Office of the Press Secretary and not included elsewhere in this issue. March 29 In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. March 30 In the evening, at...
BUCHAREST AFP — The White House moved to head off Russian fears over NATO's eastward expansion Thursday, saying the Kremlin should "draw no offence" from decisions at the summit in Bucharest. Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's arrival for a rare appearance at a NATO summit, President George W....
MOSCOW AFP — Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart George W. Bush discussed an upcoming NATO-Russia summit in a telephone conversation Friday, according to the White House and the Kremlin. It was the first publicly disclosed conversation the two leaders had since Putin protegee Dmitry Medvedev became...
WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush will host Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas next week after a US-hosted Middle East peace conference, an aide said Tuesday. Bush will take part in the meeting in the city of Annapolis near Washington and afterwards...
WASHINGTON -- The Clean Technology & Sustainable Industries Organization CTSI announces John Marburger III, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will be the keynote speaker for the Cleantechnology & Sustainable Industries Fall Summit (CSI Cleantech Fall Summit, http://www.csievents.org/Summit2007/) October 30-31st at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel...
WASHINGTON AFP — President George W. Bush spoke by phone Tuesday with South Korean President Roh Moo-Huyn about the Seoul leader's summit last week with North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-Il, the White House announced. Roh "briefed the president on the results and his discussions at the Inter-Korean summit that...
SYDNEY AFP — Fresh from a surprise trip to Iraq, US President George W. Bush arrived in Australia late Tuesday for an Asia-Pacific summit and a series of one-on-one meetings with world leaders. Bush's official Air Force One airplane touched down on a rainy tarmac here at about 10:20...
WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush will hold bilateral talks with Chinese leader Hu Jintao and possibly meet Russia's Vladimir Putin privately during the APEC meeting next week in Australia, the White House said Thursday. Aside from meeting top regional leaders to discuss important global security issues,...
WASHINGTON AFP — The White House declared Wednesday its support for the late August summit between the leaders of the two Koreas, but said US President George W. Bush does not plan to take part. "The president will not be attending," said White House spokesman Tony Snow. "On...
The following list contains releases of the Office of the Press Secretary that are neither printed as items nor covered by entries in the Digest of Other White House Announcements. Released June 4 Transcript of a press gaggle by National Security Adviser Stephen J. Hadley, Deputy National Security...
WASHINGTON AFP — The White House, dismissing talk of a new Cold War chill with Russia, said Sunday it was "encouraged" by Moscow's willingness to debate the site of a planned US missile defense system. After Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called for a freeze to the US shield...
HEILIGENDAMM, Germany AFP — US President George W. Bush spent several hours restricted to his hotel room at the Group of Eight summit on Friday after being struck down by a stomach ailment. Bush, 60, missed summit talks on Africa but held a morning meeting with France's President Nicolas...
WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a summit in July to "ventilate" relations amid a fierce dispute over missile defense, US officials said Wednesday. The two leaders, who will see each other next week at a multi-nation meeting in Germany,...
President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have met 30 times since 2001, according to the White House. They've talked about war, trade and even toothpaste. A look at how their relationship has evolved over the years: Feb. 23, 2001 Place:...
WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush and visiting European leaders agreed Monday to define global warming as a serious problem requiring "urgent" action, but were deadlocked on what concrete remedies to apply. German Chancellor Merkel, who holds the rotating presidencies of the EU and the Group of...
RALEIGH, United States AFP — US President George W. Bush will host the annual summit between the United States and the European Union on April 30, the White House announced Thursday. The summit, led by Bush, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany -- which holds the rotating EU presidency this...
WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush discussed the situation in the Middle East with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, the White House said. The telephone talks came just before US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice headed to the Middle East to host...