Bush Attempts to Mend Fences in Canada

NPR | By Melissa Block

Published November 30, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Previous presidents have made trips to Canada relatively soon after being elected, but this is President Bush's first official trip. NPR's Melissa Block talks with Jeffrey Simpson, national affairs columnist with the Globe and Mail about recent relations between the U.S. and Canada.

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