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for her studies. A member of the South
Carolina Honors College and Phi Beta
Kappa, Henderson is also involved
with The West Forum and Kappa
Delta Sorority. Planning to pursue a
career in diplomacy, Henderson is
excited about the opportunity to travel
and study.
“Thanks to Rotary International
I’ll be able to learn about global
governance outside of the American
perspective,” Henderson said. “I am
looking forward to representing
Rotary International and America
during my studies. I know that the
experience will be life changing.”
Henderson is sponsored by the West
Metro Rotary Club in District 7770.
Atkinson, recipient of the Cultural
Scholarship, decided to apply because
of her focus of study.
“I wanted to go to Latin America
and spend time learning the languages
because I am studying international
development,” she said.
She will leave for San Jose, Costa
Rica in January 2006 to study
language at the Centro Linguistico
Con versa.
Atkinson said the involved
application process began in May
when the essay portion was due.
“For the application, I had to write
an essay about how my previous
academic studies relate to the
scholarship’s opportunities and how
my career goals impacted my decision
. to apply,” she said.
Atkinson furthers her interest in
international relations by her
involvement with the Columbia
World Affairs Council.
She is sponsored by the Rotary
Club of Orangeburg in District 7770.
The recently developed Office of
Fellowships and Scholar Programs was
established to assist students who
compete for national fellowships. To
learn more about national fellowships
and competitions, visit
www.sc.edu/ofsp.
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Bush makes official visit to Canada
By DEB RIECHMANN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OTTAWA — President Bush and
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin
sought on Tuesday to mend fences after
four years of strained relations between
the two neighbors aggravated by the
U.S.-led war on Iraq. “I made some
decisions that some in Canada obviously
didn’t agree with,” Bush said.
“I’m the kind of fellow who does
what I think is right,” Bush said in the
Canadian capital, with Martin at his side
at a joint news conference.
For his part, Martin said, “There are
obviously disagreements on questions of
foreign policy,” as well as differences on
trade, including such issues as softwood
lumber.
While they disagreed on Iraq, the two
leaders voiced common ground on
hoping for a peaceful resolution to end
the political turmoil in Ukraine that
resulted from last week’s disputed
national election. They called mutually
for dialogue between the two sides there.
“Hopefully this issue will be solved
quickly and the will of the people will be
known,” Bush said.
The two leaders said they had failed
to resolve the impasse over a U.S. ban on
imported Canadian beef because of mad
cow disease that infected some Canadian
catde.
“I hope we can get this issue solved as
quickly as possible. There’s a
bureaucracy involved,” Bush said,
noting a study his administration has
under way on the issue.
Bush said that Martin had expressed
“a great deal of frustration” that the issue
hadn’t been resolved. He said he
sympathized with the prime minister’s
position. “We’re working as quickly as
we can,” Bush said.
The president welcomed Iran’s
assertion that it was moving away from
uranium enrichment that could be used
in assembling nuclear weapons. He
called it “a positive step, but it is
certainly not the final step.”
Iran said it would suspend
processing, at least for several months.
Bush said that Martin had expressed
“a great deal of frustration” that the issue
hadn’t been resolved. He said he
sympathized with the prime minister’s
position. “We’re working as quickly as
we can,” Bush said.
The president welcomed Iran’s
assertion that it was moving away from
uranium enrichment that could be used
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CHARLES DHARAPAK/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
President George W. Bush, right, meets with Canada’s opposition leader Stephen Harper in Ottawa,
Canada, on Tuesday.
in assembling nuclear weapons. He
called it “a positive step, but it is
certainly not the final step.”
Iran said it would suspend
processing, at least for several months.
When asked about polls showing that
Bush was unpopular in Canada, the
president responded: “I haven’t seen the
polls you look at.”
“We just had a poll in our country
where people decided that the foreign
policy of the Bush administration ought
to stay in place for four more years,” Bush
said, referring to his victory in the U.S.
presidential election earlier this month.
Bush’s visit, his first trip outside the
country since the election, was viewed as
an initial outreach to longtime allies
estranged by the president’s decision to
invade Iraq in 2003.
In addition to straining relaticms with
Europe, the war put the Bush
administration at odds with both
Canada and Mexico.
Bush had a cool relationship with
former Prime Minister Jean Chretien,
but Martin, in office less than a year, has
sought to repair the damage.
Bush, sidestepping Canada’s
opposition to the war in Iraq, praised
Canada’s contribution of what he said
was $200 million in humanitarian aide
to postwar Iraq.
He said the two countries “share a
commitment to freedom and a
willingness to defend it in times of peril.”
“Today we’re standing together
against the forces of terror,” Bush said,
recognizing Canada’s peacekeeping role
in Afghanistan.
Martin, who alternated between
French and English,
said he and hush
“agreed to put
forward an agenda
where our two
nations will
cooperate in a
practical way
toward common
goals.”
Bush was asked
about a pressing
issue at home, the
stalled bill to
reshape the nation’s
intelligence
community and
create a national
intelligence director.
Bush rejected claims that he has not
put his weight behind the bill, saying he
has spoken with the two congressmen
leading the opposition, Duncan Hunter
and James Sensenbrenner. He said he
plans to talk with his party’s House and
Senate leaders about the matter by
week’s end.
“I want a bill,” Bush said. “Let’s see if
I can say it as plainly as I can: I am for
the intelligence bill.”
J.P. MOCZULSKI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A protester shouts for others to charge forward
against police during protests against U.S.
President George W. Bush in Ottawa.
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