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President George W. Bush waves as he and Laura Bush depart Air Force One upon arrival in Paris May 26, 2001. During his trip to Europe the President traveled to Germany, France, Russia, and Italy, including the cities of Normandy, Berlin, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Rome.
President George W. Bush waves as he and Laura Bush depart Air Force One upon arrival in Paris May 26, 2001. During his trip to Europe the President traveled to Germany, France, Russia, and Italy, including the cities of Normandy, Berlin, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Rome.
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President George W. Bush waves as he and Laura Bush depart Air Force One upon arrival in Paris May 26, 2001. During his trip to Europe the President traveled to Germany, France, Russia, and Italy, including the cities of Normandy, Berlin, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Rome. President Bush and Mrs. Bush attend a performance of “The Nutcracker” at Mariinsky Theater May 25. Also known as the Kirov, the theater is noted for its ballets.
Hosted by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, President Bush visits the Theodor Tucher café in Berlin May 22. President Bush and Mrs. Bush visit Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg May 26. Inspired by St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, the cathedral was completed in 1801.
President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Schroeder conduct a joint press conference in Berlin May 23. "Germany is an incredibly important ally to the United States of America," said President Bush. "We respect the German people. We appreciate democracy in this land. We appreciate the struggles that Germany has gone through. And we value the friendship going forward." President Bush salutes a veteran during a Memorial Day service at the Saint Marie Eglise Church in Saint Marie Eglise, near Normandy, France, May 27.
President Bush addresses a special session of the German lower house of the Bundestag in the Reichstags building in Berlin May 23. President Bush attends a Memorial Day service at the Saint Marie Eglise Church in Saint Marie Eglise, near Normandy, France, May 27. "We have gathered on this quiet corner of France as the sun rises on Memorial Day in the United States of America, said the President during a visit to a nearby American cemetery in Colleville-Sur-Mer, France. "This is a day our country has set apart to remember what was gained in our wars, and all that was lost."
After a joint press conference, President Bush talks privately with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow May 24. President Bush and Mrs. Bush remember the D-Day Invasion during a visit to Omaha Beach at Normandy, France, May 27. More than 5,000 ships and 12,000 planes carried troops into battle in which more than 9,000 American soldiers died.
Presidents Bush and Putin sign a historic arms reduction treaty at the Kremlin in Moscow May 24. "President Putin and I have signed a treaty that will substantially reduce our nuclear -- strategic nuclear warhead arsenals to the range of 1,700 to 2,200, the lowest level in decades," said President Bush. "This treaty liquidates the Cold War legacy of nuclear hostility between our countries." President Bush visits the American cemetery near Omaha Beach at Normandy, France, May 27. "All who come to a place like this feel the enormity of the loss. Yet, for so many, there is a marker that seems to sit alone -- they come looking for that one cross, that one Star of David, that one name," said the President in his remarks. "Behind every grave of a fallen soldier is a story of the grief that came to a wife, a mother, a child, a family, or a town."
President Bush and Laura Bush walk with President Putin and his wife, Lyudmila, during a visit to the Novo-Ogarevo residence outside Moscow, Russia’s counterpart to America’s Camp David, May 24. President Bush and Mrs. Bush take a walking tour of Omaha Beach at Normandy, France, May 27.
Presidents Bush and Putin participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at Piskarevskoye Cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 25. President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair attend the opening session of a NATO summit in Rome May 28. The President discussed the formation of a council relationship between Russia and NATO. "The NATO-Russia Council offers Russia a path toward forming an alliance with the alliance," said President Bush. "It offers all our nations a way to strengthen our common security, and it offers the world a prospect of a more hopeful century."
President Bush signs a guest book during his visit to the Piskarevskoye Cemetery in St. Petersburg, May 25. President Bush and President Putin talk during a group photo session of European leaders in Rome May 28.
Guided by his host, President Putin, President Bush tours the gilded halls of the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg May 25. President Bush visits His Excellency Pope John Paul II at Vatican City May 28.

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