  For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary
March 22, 2002  Remarks by the President in Dinner Toast Museo
de Contemporaneo Monterrey, Mexico  8:00 P.M. (Local)  PRESIDENT
BUSH:  Senor Presidente, Martha, Gobernador, distinguished
guests, Laura and I thank you for this dinner.  And thank you
for inviting us to Monterrey, a city that is home to so much of
Mexico's industry and enterprise, and a city that embodies
Mexico's prosperous future.  Monterrey has hosted a number of
U.S. Presidents over the years, mi Papa, President Clinton, and
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.  When Presidents Camacho y
Roosevelt met here in April of 1943, they affirmed our two
nation's World War II alliance and agreed to closer economic
cooperation.  Today, we meet with a similar purpose.  We affirm
our shared struggle against terror, and we work to promote the
great alternatives to terror, prosperity and freedom and hope.
President Fox, I deeply appreciate your friendship and counsel,
especially since September the 11th. 