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June 8, 2007

Bush Falls Ill, Misses G8 Morning Session
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=17C2710:A6F02AD83191E160DCEA347C4FD1482B9574F7DCC14957C0 White House
Counselor says president's military doctor does not know whether Mr.
Bush is suffering from stomach virus or something he ate President
Bush has fallen ill in Germany while attending a summit of the leading
industrialized nations. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns
has the story.







George Bush in HeiligendammPresident Bush skipped the morning session
of G8 leaders because he woke up with an upset stomach.

White House Counselor Dan Bartlett says the president's military
doctor does not know whether it is a stomach virus or something Mr.
Bush ate.

The president was dressed and ready for a meeting with French
President Nicholas Sarkozy when he asked the French leader to move
those talks to his hotel room.

Bartlett says they had a good discussion despite the president's
sickness and talked about the situation in Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq,
and Darfur as well as the status of the Doha Round of world trade
talks.

Barlett says the president has sent his regrets to summit host Angela
Merkel and hopes to rejoin the G8 schedule later in the day after
resting.

Bartlett joked that the president decided to skip the morning session
out of an abundance caution so as not to follow in the footsteps of
his father, who vomited on the Japanese prime minister in 1992.