[Kaslin]

U.S. President George W. Bush waves to journalists after visiting wounded troops at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, November 10, 2008.

U.S. President George W. Bush speaks to journalists after visiting wounded troops at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda November 10, 2008.

U.S. President George W. Bush speaks to journalists after visiting wounded troops at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, November 10, 2008

President Bush speaks outside the Bethesda National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Monday, Nov. 10, 2008

U.S. President George W. Bush speaks to journalists as Rear Admiral Matt Nathan listens after visiting wounded troops at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda November 10, 2008.

[Kaslin]

US President George W. Bush arrives on the South Lawn of the White House. Barack Obama was to take his first steps in the Oval Office on Monday and hold talks with US President George W. Bush just 71 days before inheriting two wars and a global economic crisis.