Ehud Olmert said he enjoys a “very strong emotional bond” with President Bush. “I’ve spoken to him maybe three times since I became prime minister,” the Israeli prime minister-elect told Time magazine. “There is a very strong emotional bond between the two of us, every time we speak we both feel it deeply. I know how he feels and he knows how I feel.”
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