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  Bush Gets First Warm European Reception in Slovakia
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Last EditedGerald Farinas  Feb 25, 2005 12:08am
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News DateFriday, February 25, 2005 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionBush Gets First Warm European Reception in Slovakia
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President Bush won an enthusiastic welcome in Slovakia Thursday, the first warm public reception of his European tour, underscoring a divide within Europe between the west and newly democratic east. The bulk of the crowd roared repeated approval when Bush praised Slovaks for ending communism at home and helping what he called the fight for liberty abroad by sending troops to Iraq and Afghanistan. Bush's strongest European support in Iraq has come from former Soviet bloc states like Slovakia as well as Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary, most of whom are now members of NATO and the European Union.

"He's the head of the world's superpower. In my opinion, it is good for Slovakia to be friends with such a big and strong country," said Stefan Ilavsky, 45, a clerk who took a six-hour train trip from eastern Slovakia to be at the speech. "We were pleased that he and America realized the importance of our Velvet Revolution," said a student named Petra, referring to Bush's praise for pro-democracy protests that ended communist rule in what was then Czechoslovakia.
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