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The President had yet another busy and no doubt worrying day first of all making a statement on the financial rescue legislation early morning on the South Lawn of the White House. He also met with at the White House President Valdas Adamkus of Lithuania and Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko. After his meeting with Yushchenko the President spoke about the failed bailout On a somewhat lighter and more pleasant note the President presented the 2007 National Medal of Technology and Innovation Medals. Pray for President Bush -- Day 2938 - McCain/Palin--Day 32 Defense Secretary Robert Gates spoke to students of...

resident Bush to welcome Lithuanian president in White House Friday, January 19, 2007 U.S. President George W. Bush will welcome his Lithuanian counterpart Valdas Adamkus in the White House on Feb. 12, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Friday. "Under the leadership of President Adamkus, Lithuania has been a close partner of the United States in advancing freedom in Belarus and elsewhere in Eastern Europe," Perino said. "As one of the newest members of NATO, Lithuania has made substantial contributions to the security and reconstruction of Afghanistan through its leadership of a provincial reconstruction team and participation in other alliance...

President Valdas Adamkus of Lithuania has called for a common European Union front in response to Russia’s willingness to use its energy supplies to secure political influence over its neighbours. Speaking to the FT on the eve of an international pro-democracy conference in Vilnius, Mr Adamkus condemned Germany for backing Russia’s controversial planned Baltic Sea gas pipeline, which will circumvent transit countries including the Baltic states, Ukraine and Poland. He said: “I believe I can understand the Russian position but I can’t understand Germany’s position. As a member of the EU, they acted without even extending the courtesy of advising...

Lithuania head may miss Moscow party -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big News Network.com Friday 25th February, 2005 (UPI) Russia will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany May 9, but Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus may turn down an invitation to attend. Adamkus would neither confirm nor deny the report but said in a statement he would listen to public discussions on the matter before giving his final word, Russia's St. Petersburg Times reported. I have my own opinion on this question, but I have to approach the Lithuanian public, to discuss everything in detail and then make a decision, Adamkus...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - President George W. Bush (news - web sites) phoned Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus to discuss the situation in Ukraine, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said. "The president called Presidents Kwasniewski and Adamkus to congratulate them on their mediation efforts in Ukraine and to thank them for their leadership," the spokesman told reporters. Bush "offered continued support from the United States for their efforts, together with the European Union (news - web sites)." McClellan said Bush "brought up how their own individual experiences in Poland and Lithuania offered valuable lessons for Ukraine. "The...