Ukrainian president coming to U.S. to thank supporters

[Robbien]

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Fresh from his victory in last year's Orange Revolution, Yushchenko and his Chicago-born wife - Kateryna Chumachenko Yushchenko - have come to the United States to cement ties with an ally and encourage investment in the former Soviet republic of 48 million people.

Yushchenko will meet Monday with President Bush in Washington and will speak on Wednesday to a joint session of Congress.

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In Chicago, Yushchenko is scheduled to address the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations Monday - the 1,400 tickets were immediately sold out _and meet with Ukrainian community and business leaders. Yushchenko's wife plans to speak to a University of Chicago audience Tuesday morning, and the president will meet with the Tribune editorial board.

In Boston, Yushchenko is scheduled to receive a 2005 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. The Yushchenkos also hope to visit a 5-year-old Ukrainian burn victim, Nastya Ovchar, who became a hero in Ukraine when she saved her 2-year-old sister from a fire March 15. The Yushchenkos recently helped bring Nastya to Boston Shriners Hospital, which specializes in the treatment of pediatric burn victims.

Yushchenko's schedule in Washington includes visits with Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Speaking in Kiev last week, he said he would try to convince Washington that, while Ukraine has decided to pull its troops from Iraq, it remains committed to maintaining a role in Iraq's economic and democratic development.

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/nation/11303188.htm

[Catt03]

1. Didn't Putin support the other candidate?

nothing like sticking it to Vladmir again.

I am glad Yushchenko survived being poisoned.

Note: Bush will meet with the Tribune editorial board?

[teryang]

2. Thanks for the Dioxin and the chloracne...

Is that why they call it the orange revolution?

[leftchick]

3. AP: Bush Welcoming New Ukrainian President

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/bush_yushchenko


WASHINGTON - President Bush is welcoming Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, with the White House expressing no hard feelings about Yushchenko's plans to pull troops from Iraq and his predecessor's sale of weapons to U.S. foes.

Bush frequently cites Yushchenko's peaceful rise to power as an example of the march of freedom throughout the world and has pledged to help him make further democratic reforms.


White House press secretary Scott McClellan said the agenda for the meeting Monday in the Oval Office included the spread of democracy in Eastern Europe and the Middle East and curbing the spread of weapons.


Yushchenko told The Associated Press before leaving for Washington that he and Bush will review steps to end illicit arms sales from his country. Relations deteriorated after Washington accused former President Leonid Kuchma's regime of selling radar systems to Iraq in violation of international sanctions.

[WoodrowFan]

4. and Bush's latest blunder

he called the Ukrainian capital "Keev" (two long e's) :banghead:

[MisterP]

5. 'nother heart-to-heart with Brzezinski, Colon Bowel, and Kissinger?

[cire4]

6. Well, at least the troops are out of Iraq

Bush's warm welcome shows that he's supporting Yushchenko for different reasons.