How does he know what kind of "warm welcome" he is going to get in these remarks prepared for delivery? And what's with this "my home state of Texas"? I thought he was a blueblood from Connecticut? Just sayin'.
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BEIJING, Nov. 21 /Christian Wire Service/ -- Following text is of remarks by President Bush in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia as prepared for delivery:
Thank you all for that warm welcome. Mr. President, thank you for that introduction – and thank you and the First Lady for your warm hospitality. Laura and I are pleased to be in your great country – and we bring with us the good wishes of the American people.
I feel very much at home in your country. This is a beautiful land, with huge skies and vast horizons – like my home state of Texas. I thank you for your invitation to come … I am honored to be the first sitting American President to visit Mongolia … and America is proud to be called your "third neighbor.".....
http://www.earnedmedia.org/wh1121.htmWith a statue of Genghis Khan behind them, U.S. President George W. Bush, left, meets with Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar at Government House in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Monday, Nov. 21, 2005. Mongolia is the last stop of Bush's four-country Asia tour.