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Bush will fete Koizumi with a gala official dinner Thursday. They will discuss reported North Korean preparations to test-launch a long-range missile and Japan's support for the U.S. fight against terror. That is all standard fare for the leaders of major allies. The best indicator of how Bush feels about Koizumi will come after the policy discussions and formal gatherings end, when the president treats Koizumi to a tour Friday of the home of the prime minister's musical hero, Elvis Presley.
"Officially he's here to see the president but I know the highlight of his visit will be paying his respects to the king," Bush said jokingly.
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Hundreds of guests on the South Lawn waved miniature Japanese and American flags on a clear but muggy summer morning. Amid trumpet fanfares, canon fire and drum rolls, the prime minister arrived at the White House in a limousine with darkened windows and was greeted by the president and his wife, Laura.
Members of a military color guard also carried flags of the two countries and paraded in time to a march played by a military band. Some of the flags got snagged briefly on a magnolia tree next to the Truman Balcony. In full dress uniform, ranks of servicemen and women from all branches filed in across the South Lawn and faced the dignitaries.
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