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Press Secretary November 18, 2005  Press Briefing with National
Security Advisor Stephen Hadley on APEC Summit Meetings
Commodore Hotel Busan, Republic of Korea       Fact sheet APEC
Summit 2005  6:55 P.M. (Local)  MR. HADLEY: Good evening. I
thought I might go through a little bit of the day the President
had today, give you a little bit of the highlights, and then
answer some -- give you a preview of tomorrow and answer
whatever questions you've got.  The President had a meeting with
President Putin. They talked a little bit about the state of the
relationship between the two countries, noted that there's been
an intensification of exchanges between the two sides. The two
Presidents have met probably three times in the last six months.
Secretary Rice was in Moscow; I've recently been in Moscow. So
there is an intensive d