Europe is America's closest ally

We cite for a change to the Mirror in the UK and a February 23 Reuters article by Noah Barkin and Philip Blenkinsop entitled Bush and Schroeder bury Iraq hatchet.

Bush is cited as saying that "Europe is America's closest ally".

Barkin and Blenkinsop write:

"Putting their nasty row over Iraq behind them, U.S. President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder have vowed to foster a partnership they said was vital to the transatlantic alliance.

Side by side at a press conference on Wednesday in Mainz, where Bush's father once called on West Germany to play a bigger role in the world and become a 'partner in leadership', the tone was warm although the talk of past division was frank.
'Europe is America's closest ally,' Bush said on the second stop of a European tour. 'In order for us to have good relations with Europe we have to have good relations with Germany.'"

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