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Bush, Putin to put last nail in Cold War's coffin

AFP, Washington
President George W. Bush heads to Europe Wednesday for the first time since the September 11 attacks to put the Cold War finally to rest with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, and to discuss new perils, including international terrorism.
"We see this trip as historic," a senior administration official said. "The president and President Putin will bring an end to one era and begin a new era."
"The Cold War has been over for a while but it has been a long transition, and Russia is now clearly about to find its place in Europe, in the West. The integration of Russia westward is really a dream of three hundred years."
Bush's week-long visit takes him to Berlin, to Moscow and St Petersburg for a US-Russia summit, to France and finally to Rome for a NATO-Russia summit
His trip will enable him to escape a souring mood in Washington, where opposition Democrats are questioning his handling of intelligence reports of possible al-Qaeda hijackings prior to September 11.
Despite vigorous efforts by Bush and top aides to defend the administration, the debate threatens to eat away at the president's high approval ratings, and could influence mid-term legislative elections in November, which will shape Bush's ability to work with Congress over the next two years.
The Europe trip has been carefully crafted to include symbolic high-points such as the signing, May 24 in Moscow, of a three-page treaty that commits both countries to cutting their nuclear arsenals from about 6,000 today to between 2,200 and 1,700 in 10 years.
But the trip will not be without tensions, especially EU complaints over US protectionist measures on
agriculture and steel, and Russian criticisms of US use of growth hormones in poultry production.
An unprecedented police deployment awaits Bush in Berlin where he will meet Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to talk about the war on terrorism and European-Atlantic relations before giving a major address in the Bundestag.
Various leftist movements have called for demonstrations during the visit, and Schroeder has warned that police will not tolerate violence.
In Russia, the arms accord has displeased military authorities and communists, who believe Washington has the better part of the deal.
It allows the US side to keep some of its nuclear warheads in reserve to reactivate them if needed, whereas Moscow is no longer able to afford an arsenal of much more than 1,500 strategic nuclear weapons.