Bush to talk trade with a long standing US strategic ally

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An impressive security operation involving hundreds of US personnel and thousands of Uruguayan forces, cordoned off Carrasco airport where Air Force One and support aircrafts landed, as well as several blocks in downtown Montevideo surrounding the 262 room hotel fully booked for President Bush and his delegation.

Helicopters crisscrossed the sky and tens of motorbikes and patrol cars cleared Montevideo’s beautiful promenade along the sea as the motorcade with the armored limousine carrying the US president and Laura Bush covered the fifteen minutes trip to the hotel.
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