(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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