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May 09, 2005
Bush Abroad
After Bush finished, Vike-Freiberga then explained that they would take four questions — one for each president. Again, Bush tried to interrupt, saying, "Or you can have all four questions to me," knowing that foreign reporters usually want to use the opportunity to probe the U.S. president.Vike-Freiberga ignored the remark as she called on a Latvian journalist, and Bush threw his arms up and looked to help from aides offstage. The Latvian journalist said he would prefer to question the U.S. leader, and Bush responded, "Yeah, I thought that might be the case."
And as he predicted, all four questions were for him.
Number two:
Used to staged town-hall meetings with pre-screened questioners, Bush ventured into unfamiliar territory in the Netherlands when he took questions from a group of students.
"I have a question … concerning the terrorism," said the first student to be called on, a young woman. "And you made many laws after 9/11, many — many laws and many measures. And I'm wondering, will there be a time when you drop those laws and when you decrease the measures?""Look," Bush replied, "a free society such as ours, obviously, must balance the government's most important duty, which is to protect the American people from harm, with the civil liberties of our citizens. And every law we passed that was aimed to protect us in this new era of threats from abroad and the willingness for people to kill without mercy has been scrutinized and, of course, balanced by our Constitution."
He told her that the Sept. 11 attacks had changed his nation's mind-set, resulting in the need for different laws.
Bush's co-host at the event, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, wondered if the young woman was satisfied.
"You're convinced by the president?" he asked amid laughter.
"Don't put her on the spot," Bush quipped.
Apparently, Bush didn't like the tenacity of these "youths" and all reporters were kicked out for the remainder of the half-hour session.
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