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President Bush Meets Pakistani President at Camp David
Aired June 24, 2003 - 06:32 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Big bucks for mini quiche and a plea for money from Pakistan, both on President Bush's mind today. Let's talk Camp David first, though. President Musharraf will be there to ask for U.S. aid.
Live to Washington now and Dana Bash.
Tell us more -- Dana.
DANA BASH, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Carol.
Well, President Bush likes to use his retreat at Camp David, like many of his predecessors did, in order to thank, to cajole and to negotiate with world leaders in a more informal setting. And he will likely be doing all of the above when he meets today with Pakistani President Musharraf.
He will be talking first and foremost about his appreciation, his aides say, for Pakistan's help in the war on terrorism, even in the face of opposition from Islamist groups in his own country. Most notable in terms of his help has been his help in rounding up key al Qaeda figures, first and foremost Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, who is certainly the top figure that the U.S. has in custody at this time.
Pakistan has also helped in trying to find the killers of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl.
And Mr. Bush is also expected to talk to the Pakistani leader about the nuclear tensions between his country and India. That is something that the U.S. wants to stop. The U.S. has helped in trying to start negotiations between the two countries. They have failed over the past couple of months. The U.S. does want to get those started again.
And, as you mentioned, Carol, also likely on the agenda will be Pakistan's request for some economic aid from the U.S. and some easing of sanctions that the U.S. has had in place for some time. The U.S. did start to ease some sanctions because of Pakistan's help in the war on terrorism, but Pakistani President Musharraf will likely ask for more -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Gotcha. I want to talk a little bit about the fund- raiser in New York, $2,000 for some mini quiche at this fund-raiser, $4 million raised in just a short time.
BASH: Four million dollars just in one night in New York, which is a state that is very Democratic, but there certainly were a lot of Republican supporters out for President Bush last night. As you mentioned, it was a packed room in Midtown Manhattan. He raised 4 million last night, but the total for Bush-Cheney '04 was 5.7 million, Carol, because the vice president was also out yesterday hitting two cities, raising $1.7 million.
And this is about midway in the president's sprint. Towards the end of the month, he will be hitting a couple of other cities, crisscrossing the country, San Francisco, L.A., Miami and Tampa, all an effort to reach at least $20 million by the end of the month -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Somehow I think he's going to do it. Thank you. Dana Bash live from Washington this morning.
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Aired June 24, 2003 - 06:32 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Big bucks for mini quiche and a plea for money from Pakistan, both on President Bush's mind today. Let's talk Camp David first, though. President Musharraf will be there to ask for U.S. aid.
Live to Washington now and Dana Bash.
Tell us more -- Dana.
DANA BASH, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Carol.
Well, President Bush likes to use his retreat at Camp David, like many of his predecessors did, in order to thank, to cajole and to negotiate with world leaders in a more informal setting. And he will likely be doing all of the above when he meets today with Pakistani President Musharraf.
He will be talking first and foremost about his appreciation, his aides say, for Pakistan's help in the war on terrorism, even in the face of opposition from Islamist groups in his own country. Most notable in terms of his help has been his help in rounding up key al Qaeda figures, first and foremost Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, who is certainly the top figure that the U.S. has in custody at this time.
Pakistan has also helped in trying to find the killers of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl.
And Mr. Bush is also expected to talk to the Pakistani leader about the nuclear tensions between his country and India. That is something that the U.S. wants to stop. The U.S. has helped in trying to start negotiations between the two countries. They have failed over the past couple of months. The U.S. does want to get those started again.
And, as you mentioned, Carol, also likely on the agenda will be Pakistan's request for some economic aid from the U.S. and some easing of sanctions that the U.S. has had in place for some time. The U.S. did start to ease some sanctions because of Pakistan's help in the war on terrorism, but Pakistani President Musharraf will likely ask for more -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Gotcha. I want to talk a little bit about the fund- raiser in New York, $2,000 for some mini quiche at this fund-raiser, $4 million raised in just a short time.
BASH: Four million dollars just in one night in New York, which is a state that is very Democratic, but there certainly were a lot of Republican supporters out for President Bush last night. As you mentioned, it was a packed room in Midtown Manhattan. He raised 4 million last night, but the total for Bush-Cheney '04 was 5.7 million, Carol, because the vice president was also out yesterday hitting two cities, raising $1.7 million.
And this is about midway in the president's sprint. Towards the end of the month, he will be hitting a couple of other cities, crisscrossing the country, San Francisco, L.A., Miami and Tampa, all an effort to reach at least $20 million by the end of the month -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Somehow I think he's going to do it. Thank you. Dana Bash live from Washington this morning.
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