What times we live in when on a day of HISTORIC violence in the mideast, the "highlight" of a German/USA leadership meeting, according to Reuters, is a PIG ROAST.ACTUAL exchange during the press conference:
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Does it concern you that the Beirut airport has been bombed? And do you see a risk of triggering wider war?
And on Iran, they've so far refused to respond. Is it now past the deadline or do they still have more time to respond?
BUSH: I thought you were going to ask about the pig.
Q: Curious about that, too.
BUSH: The pig? I'll tell you tomorrow after I eat it.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060713/us_nm/bush_germany_pig_dc_1Bush, Merkel slice into roast pig at German barbecue
President Bush put Middle East tension, violence in
Iraq and Iran's nuclear program behind him on Thursday to feast on a wild boar roasting on a spit.
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The barbecue was a much-anticipated highlight of Bush's visit...
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Bush answered a few more questions but kept coming back to the boar for a third, then a fourth time.