(30 Apr 2004) SHOTLIST
1. US President George W. Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin walk in the Rose Garden
2. Media
3. SOUNDBITE (English): George W. Bush, US President:
"We are making progress, you bet. There is a strategy towards freedom. One of it of course, is to continue to deal with those who are trying to stop the Iraqi people from realising their ambitions of a free society. Whether it be in Fallujah, or elsewhere, we will deal with them, those few who are stopping the hopes of many. There's a political strategy, and the Prime Minister and I will talk about that over lunch - Mr. Brahimi's mission of putting together an entity to which we will transfer sovereignty."
4. Media
5. SOUNDBITE (English): George W. Bush, US President:
"Yes, I shared a deep disgust that those prisoners were treated the way they were treated. Their treatment does not reflect the nature of the American people. That's not the way we do things in America. And so I, I didn't like it one bit. But I also want to remind people that those few people who did that do not reflect the nature of the men and women we've sent overseas."
6. Media
7. SOUNDBITE (English): George W. Bush, US President:
"As soon as possible. My administration is committed to a policy of free trade when it comes to beef. And we had a discussion about that today with, that subject today, with our respective agricultural ministers or secretaries, as we call them here. And I assured the Prime Minister, I want to get this solution, this issue solved as quickly as possible. And it's in our nations' interests that live beef be moving back and forth. It's also in the interest to make sure we make decisions based upon sound science, which he fully understands."
8. US First Lady Laura Bush and Paul Martin's wife Sheila Martin
9. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"My first answer is that I want Canada doing what it feel comfortable doing in Iraq. That's what I've told the Prime Minister before. Canada is a independent nation. Canada can makes its decisions based on its own judgement. The Prime Minister shares my deep desire for peace in the world and for the extent they are helping, we are grateful."
10. Media
11. SOUNDBITE (English): Paul Martin, Canadian Prime Minister:
"We really did have a very, very good discussion. We discussed a wide range of areas, and we're going to continue over lunch. And we're doing it within the context of our shared values and the fact that we share much more than a continent. We talked about national security and Canada's new national security policy, which makes it very clear that we're going to defend the northern half of North America, and we recognise our responsibilities to those in the United States, with whom we share the continent."
12. Pull out of Martin and Bush
STORYLINE:
US President George W. Bush on Friday defended his speech a year ago on the deck of an aircraft carrier proclaiming the end of major combat in Iraq and said "we're making progress, you bet" in bringing stability to the country.
Answering reporters' questions with Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin at his side, Bush said that when he spoke aboard carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln he also emphasised that "there was still difficult work ahead."
It will be a year on Saturday since Bush made his carrier speech beneath a banner proclaiming "Mission Accomplished" and announced that major combat in Iraq was over.
Critics have derided the banner's declaration as US casualties mounted over the past year, with fighting particularly deadly in recent weeks.
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