Bush schedule

Monday: Talks with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

Monday: Talks with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. Delivers speech on transatlantic relationship and has dinner with French President Jacques Chirac.

Tuesday: Meets British Prime Minister Tony Blair, visits NATO headquarters. Talks with Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Lunch with the NATO leaders. Meets EU leaders.

Wednesday: Travels to Germany, meets Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and US troops based in Germany. Travels to Slovakia.

Thursday: Meets Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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