Bush compliments Sarkozy on wife - BBC News

US President Saint George Shrub have complimented his Gallic opposite number Nicolas Sarkozy for his taste sensation in partner on the up-to-the-minute leg of his European tour.

Mr Shrub heaped congratulations on Gallic first lady Carla Bruni, describing her as "a really smart, capable woman".

"I can see why you married her," he told the Gallic president in Paris.

French-US policy differences over Republic Of Iraq took a dorsum place as the work force exchanged raillery on what is seen as Mister Bush's word of farewell European tour.

Referring to Mister Sarkozy by his first name, Mister Shrub recalled that "America's first friend was France", helping win independency from Britain.

'Full of energy'

The United States president went on to compliment the adult male referred to in some Gallic mass media as "Sarkozy l'Americain" (Sarkozy the American).

Mister Shrub consistently referred to Mister Sarkozy by his first name

"He's an interesting guy," said Mister Bush.

"He is full of energy. He's full of wisdom. He states me what's on his mind. And every clip I've met with him we've had very meaningful discussions."

Mr Sarkozy, for his part, said warm dealings between the states had endured for more than than 200 years.

Since taking business office a twelvemonth ago, the Gallic president have made great attempts to construct dealings with Washington, which went into deep freezing under his predecessor Jacques Chirac.

During a joint fourth estate conference at the Elysee Palace, the two work force emphasised the strength of dealings between their two countries.

While they discussed a scope of issues including Iran's atomic aspirations and co-operation complete Afghanistan, letter writers state the temper of the meeting was dominated by the extent to which French Republic and the United States see oculus to eye.

The visit is seen as a mark of additional rapprochement between the United States and France, after latent hostilities over Iraq.

Mr Shrub will go to the United Kingdom on Sunday, where he is expected to ran into Queen Elizabeth Ii two and throw negotiation with Prime Curate Gordon Brown.

The United States president had arrived in City Of Light from Rome, where he had been afforded a particular audience with Pope Ruth Benedict XVI.

Voinovich: Let next president seal Iraq deal

U.S. Sen. Saint George Voinovich (R., Ohio) yesterday released a missive he wrote asking President Shrub not to seek to negociate a new understanding with Republic Of Republic Of Republic Of Republic Of Republic Of Republic Of Republic Of Republic Of Republic Of Republic Of Republic Of Iraq that legally perpetrates the adjacent president to defending Iraq against internal and foreign aggressors.

Mr. Voinovich, who have got called for more than than focusing on ending the U.S. presence in Iraq, said he cognizes an understanding is needed to supply a legal footing for U.S. armed forces personnel to be in Iraq after the U.N. authorization runs out Dec. 31.

But he said any understanding committing the United States to providing security in Iraq against future internal and external aggression will necessitate congressional approval, which is not likely to be given before Mr. Bush's term ends.

He said the President should see inking an interim agreement.

"We necessitate to manus over more control to the Iraki people, so that we can convey our ain military personnel place and reconstruct the wellness of our military," Mr. Voinovich wrote.

"I am concerned that this understanding makes not back up that goal."

Mr. Voinovich's phone call for ending the U.S. armed armed combat function in Iraq sets him at likelihood with Republican presidential campaigner Toilet McCain, who back ups retaining U.S. combat military units until the Iraki authorities is stabilized, and with no deadline for full withdrawal.

The Democratic presumptive presidential nominee, Barack Obama, have called for backdown of all U.S. military units within 16 calendar months and have vowed to stop the warfare in 2009.

The United States invaded Iraq in 2003 to throw out Saddam Husain and still have about 150,000 military personnel in the country.

Iraqi functionaries said yesterday that they are committed to meeting a deadline for a long-term security treaty with the United States.

An Iraki authorities statement said Foreign Curate Hoshiyar Zebari had discussed with U.S. Frailty President Dick Cheney in American Capital on Tuesday "the demand to conclude" the long-term strategical model agreement.

That came just years after Iraki Prime Curate Nouri al-Maliki said negotiation on the security treaty were at a deadlock because of U.S. demands that encroached on Iraq's sovereignty.

One U.S. demand, however, have been taken off the table, according to a senior U.S. military functionary in Washington.

That official, speaking on status of anonymity, said the Shrub Administration is no longer seeking legal unsusceptibility for private contractors working in Iraq.

Such unsusceptibility presented a distressing prospect for many Iraqis who see the contractors as a security military unit that runs with small accountability.

The negotiation have sparked heated up argument both in Iraq and the United States, where Democratic lawmakers fear any understanding could lock the military into a long-term presence in Iraq and bind the custody of the adjacent U.S. president.

Information from Reuters was used in this report.

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