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  From Whitehouse.gov: President George W. Bush meets with Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom at Sandor Palace in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 22, 2006. Also pictured, from left, are: U.S. Ambassador George Walker; Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kinga Goncz; and Hungarian Ambassador Andras Simonyi. White House photo by Eric Draper.

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From Whitehouse.gov:

President George W. Bush meets with Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom at Sandor Palace in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 22, 2006. Also pictured, from left, are: U.S. Ambassador George Walker; Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kinga Goncz; and Hungarian Ambassador Andras Simonyi. White House photo by Eric Draper.

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