*EPF403 03/11/2004
Text: Bush Tells Aznar U.S. Stands Strongly with People of Spain
(President Bush conveys deepest sympathies to them) (190)

President Bush spoke by telephone March 11 with President of the Government of Spain Jose Maria Aznar extending deepest sympathies of the people of the United States toward "those who lost their life as a result of terrorist bombings in Spain."

Following is the text of the president's statement:

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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
March 11, 2004

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
ON THE TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN SPAIN

The South Lawn

11:51 A.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT: Today I spoke to His Majesty the King of Spain - Jose Maria Aznar, as well -- about our country's deepest sympathies toward those who lost their life as a result of terrorist bombings in Spain. I told him we weep with the families. We stand strongly with the people of Spain. I appreciate so very much the Spanish government's fight against terror, their resolute stand against terrorist organizations like the ETA. The United States stands with them. Today we ask God's blessings on those who suffer in the -- in the great country of Spain.

Thank you.

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(Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)

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