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Bush in Turkey for NATO Meetings

NPR | By Don Gonyea,

Liane Hansen

Published June 27, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

President Bush arrives in Ankara, Turkey, for meetings with NATO leaders. Bush is expected to address the question of NATO's role in Iraq. The president's arrival was marked by protests against the war in Iraq and extensive police and military security in the aftermath of two bombings in Turkey this past week. Hear NPR's Liane Hansen and NPR's Don Gonyea.

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Liane Hansen has been the host of NPR's award-winning Weekend Edition Sunday for 20 years. She brings to her position an extensive background in broadcast journalism, including work as a radio producer, reporter, and on-air host at both the local and national level. The program has covered such breaking news stories as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the capture of Saddam Hussein, the deaths of Princess Diana and John F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Columbia shuttle tragedy. In 2004, Liane was granted an exclusive interview with former weapons inspector David Kay prior to his report on the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The show also won the James Beard award for best radio program on food for a report on SPAM.