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Tories pursue meeting with Bush (BBC, 2/16/06)

Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague has said a Tory visit to Washington will "pave the way" for a meeting between David Cameron and George Bush.

Mr Hague is due to meet key Bush aide Karl Rove later on Thursday.

In 2004, Mr Rove reportedly told ex-Tory leader Michael Howard: "You can forget about meeting the president full stop. Don't bother coming." [...]

Mr Hague said he hoped the Tory delegation's visit would lay the ground for Mr Cameron to meet Mr Bush.

He said he "did not have a timetable" but he was "sure" such a meeting would take place "later in the year", although a Conservative spokesman later indicated it may take longer than that to set up.