Bush Arrives For Weekend Ranch Visit
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Bush Arrives For Weekend Ranch Visit
While Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke to supporters in Waco, Air Force One landed at Texas State Technical College airport as the president returned to his Central Texas ranch for a weekend visit.
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(February 29, 2008)—President Bush flew back to Central Texas Friday for a weekend stay at his ranch outside of Crawford.

Air Force One landed at Waco’s Texas State Technical College airport at the same time Hillary Rodham Clinton was addressing supporters at the Waco Convention Center.

The president plays host to Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and his wife at the ranch Friday night and Saturday.

The two leaders will have a news conference on Saturday.

Rasmussen is a mountain biking buddy of Mr. Bush from a visit to Camp David two years ago.

The two men were expected to talk about issues leading up to a
NATO summit in April.

The Bush administration is pressing NATO members to send more troops to Afghanistan.

Mr. Bush leaves Waco Monday morning.

He won’t vote in Crawford as he has done in past years, but instead cast an absentee ballot.

Previous Ranch Visits By World Leaders

11/14/01-11/15/01: Russian President Vladimir Putin

04/05/02-04/07/02: British Prime Minister Tony Blair

04/25/02: Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah

08/27/02: Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar Bin Sultan

10/25/02: Chinese President Jiang Zimen

02/21/03-02/22/03: Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar

05/01/03-05/03/03: Australian Prime Minister John Howard

05/22/03-05/23/03: Japanese Pm Junichiro Koizumi

07/20/03-07/21/03: Italian Prime Minister Silvo Berlusconi

03/05-6/204: Mexican President Vicente Fox

04/12/04: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

11/24/04: King Juan Carlos And Queen Sofia Of Spain (private luncheon)

03/23/05: Mexican President Vicente Fox, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin (attended North American Summit at Baylor University then flew to ranch for lunch)

04/11/05: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

04/25/05: Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah

08/05/05: Colombian President Alvaro Uribe

05.20-21/07: NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and wife, Jeannine

11.09-11.10/07: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (first female leader invited to ranch)

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