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(NECN: Jerusalem, Israel) - President and his wife Laura ended their visit to Israel on Friday with a visit to Jerusalem's Bible Lands Museum, followed by talks in the museum's garden with a group of Israeli youth leaders.
It was the last stop of a two-day visit to region to mark Israel's 60th anniversary.
The young people who spoke to the president and first lady Laura Bush before the media were ushered out and seemed eager for an end to the long fighting between Israel and the Palestinians.
But, Bush's second trip to Israel in four months ended without progress.
The two sides have been negotiating since December, but nothing visible has emerged from the secretive process.
But, the president did not appear to do any visible negotiating on this visit.
Then, President George W. Bush received a red carpet welcome on an official visit to Saudi Arabia on Friday.
The President and First Lady Laura Bush were warmly greeted by the Saudi leaders as he arrived at King Abdullah's horse farm outside Riyadh.
The White House says the President's visit is intended, in part, to celebrate 75 years of formal U.S./Saudi relations.
It will mark the conclusion of several agreements, laying out intentions to cooperate on nuclear energy, infrastructure protection and non-proliferation.
But, the rising price of oil will undoubtedly overshadow the talks.
President Bush's visit to Saudi Arabia, which has the world's largest
supply of oil, comes a day after Congress voted to temporarily halt daily shipments of
70,000 barrels of oil to the nation's emergency reserve.
The President has refused to stop pouring oil into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, saying the stockpile was meant for emergencies and that halting the
shipments would have little or no impact on gasoline or crude oil prices.
The leaders spent most of their time in public view talking over three tea services and two meals.
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