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Italian Premier Berlusconi to Visit Bush in D.C.
Europe Daily ^
| January 27 2003
| AP
Posted on 01/27/2003 2:03:27 PM PST by knighthawk
WASHINGTON (AP) Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi will visit President Bush, probably this week.
Secretary of State Colin Powell announced the visit at a news conference Monday afternoon, without providing details. White House officials said they expected the visit Wednesday or Thursday.
Bush has consulted with like-minded leaders in the run-up to possible war with Iraq, and Berlusconi has firmly backed the United States on the issue.
The European Union is split into two camps, with Britain siding with Washington in advocating military action sooner rather than later. Italy, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and the Netherlands largely agree.
But France and Germany, joined by Austria, Belgium, Sweden and Luxembourg, insist that war can only come after a fresh U.N. Security Council resolution.
Bush meets Friday with another staunch ally, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, at Camp David. The prime minister of Poland, another strong supporter of the United States, visits Bush on Feb. 5.
Berlusconi was treated to a Camp David visit with Bush in September. He and Bush spoke about Iraq on Saturday.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: europeanunion; italianpremier; italy; nato; silvioberlusconi
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To: knighthawk
Berlusconi sounds like he may have cajones. We'll see.
To: widowithfoursons
Viva Italia.
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posted on
01/27/2003 2:08:50 PM PST
by
copycat
(Ridicule Hillary! to someone you know TODAY!!)
To: knighthawk; mhking
Note the timing of the visit. Even though it has apparently just been scheduled, Berlusconi is coming this week, in just a couple of days.
To: knighthawk
Berlusconi has liked and supported President Bush from the very beginning of Bush's presidency.
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posted on
01/27/2003 2:16:00 PM PST
by
BlueAngel
To: knighthawk
This week we will see who is and is not going to be invited to the party, my guess is the UK, Italy, Spain, Aussies, Japan will all be invited. Don't expect France or Germany to be invited.
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posted on
01/27/2003 2:16:27 PM PST
by
The Vast Right Wing
(Some drink from the fountain of knowledge, the French and Germans only gargle)
To: The Vast Right Wing
The Spanish PM had a phone conference with Bush this morning...Yes, things are happening.
To heck with the Germans and the French. Frankly, much of the rest of the EU would be happy to see them get taken down a peg - the EU essentially functions as a way for Germany to control the economies of the rest of Europe, or so many Europeans think.
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posted on
01/27/2003 2:19:29 PM PST
by
livius
To: knighthawk
Being an Italian American myself, it is my opinion that Berlusconi needs to show the world that we support President Bush and are more than Italian ices, pizza and Soprano re-runs.
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posted on
01/27/2003 2:20:13 PM PST
by
duckman
(all ducked up with no place to go..)
To: knighthawk
Join the
AXIS OF FREEDOM Rally on TUESDAY
its a CAR/HOUSE/YARD sign Rally
Create a table, set the size, width and enter the text. DAY of SUPPORT
Tues, 1/28/03....FLY your flags (U.S., British, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Quatar, Kuwaiti, Israeli, Australian and Japanese one, too if you have them)....and put up your BUSH/CHENEY signs, (and the BIG W's on your SUV's) for the STATE of the UNION next Tuesday, Jan 28th, if you support the President, our MILITARY and the United States of America. PSST....pass it on.
GET THE MEDIAS ATTENTION!!!
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UK |
JAPAN |
AUSTRALIA |
BULGARIA |
What OTHER country wants the IRAQI citizens FREEDOM? |
ROMANIA |
ISRAEL |
POLAND |
SPAIN |
CZECH |
KUWAIT |
HUNGARY |
QATAR |
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posted on
01/27/2003 2:47:14 PM PST
by
goodnesswins
("You're either with us, or against us!")
To: duckman
'Being an Italian American myself, it is my opinion that Berlusconi needs to show the world that we support President Bush and are more than Italian ices, pizza and Soprano re-runs.'If that were all Italian-American's had contributed to this country, it would still eclipse the contributions of the French.
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posted on
01/27/2003 2:59:02 PM PST
by
The Vast Right Wing
(Some drink from the fountain of knowledge, the French and Germans only gargle)
To: The Vast Right Wing
Berlusconi suggests a UK-Spain-Italy Alliance to counter the Franco-German block. Italy and Spain currently conduct joint naval activities with their 2 carriers and have formed a rapid deployment force for the Mediterranian basin.
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posted on
01/27/2003 8:51:48 PM PST
by
ffusco
(sempre ragione)
To: The Vast Right Wing
My granparents had a deli in Astoria, Queens, NYC until the late 70's. I remember when ices were 25 cents, the smell of coffee beans in wood barrels, fresh bread, cold-cuts and fresh tomatoes from my Grandpa's garden.
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posted on
01/27/2003 8:57:52 PM PST
by
ffusco
(sempre ragione)
To: ffusco
How old are you? I'm 45, and lived in Astoria until the late seventies. Probably know your grandparents!
What Deli?
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posted on
01/27/2003 9:05:00 PM PST
by
Jacvin
To: Jacvin
I'm Frank , 33 y.o, son of Vera Rosetti. My aunts, Maria and Connie, went to Bryant. My Grandparents lived on 34rd and Ditmars Blvd. My cousins are the Guerrieri's. Do you remember Charlie, he had a candy store on Ditmars for years. My grandparents are Turillo, but everyone called him Sal, passed away 3 years ago. Rosie lives on L.I now with my aunt Maria Bruno. About 7 years ago I lived on 37th street. I live in Houston, Texas now.
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posted on
01/27/2003 9:16:07 PM PST
by
ffusco
(sempre ragione)
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