61.   The president met with congressional leaders early Tuesday to brief them on the extent of the military deployments since the terrorists attacks.

62.   The president on Thursday met with congressional allies to plot a new attempt on fast-track for next year.

63.   The president usually meets with opposition party leaders when he travels to foreign countries.

64.   The presidents will meet in various formations next month to plan how to lobby the Vatican and bishops against the proposal.

65.   The state visit will be the fourth time the two presidents have met since Bush became president in January.

66.   The two presidents last met in Geneva this spring, but their meeting ended in disappointment.

67.   The U.S. president will also meet with the Communist Party chief.

68.   The two presidents met with aides over an elaborate lunch at the Kremlin, then again for a dinner that ended nearly an hour ahead of schedule without explanation.

69.   This was the sixth time the two presidents have met in the nearly two and a half years that Clinton has been in office.

70.   To register his protest, the president will not meet one-on-one with Mahathir.