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Obama has lunch with 4 presidents
Updated On: 09 January, 2009 07:07 AM IST | | Agencies
US President-elect Barack Obama hailed a rare Oval Office gathering of all US presidents as an extraordinary event on Wednesday as the current occupant, President George W Bush, reminded his predecessors and successor that the office "transcends the individual".
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US President George W Bush (centre) poses with President-elect Barack Obama and former presidents, (from left) George H W Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter yesterday in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The five leaders shared a private lunch soon after posing for this picture. pic/ap |
"I just want to thank the president for hosting us," the president-elect said, flanked by former President George H W Bush on one side and his son on the other. Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter stood with them.
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