U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday focused on former communist Hungary as a vibrant symbol of "New Europe," and the Hungarian prime minister urged Europeans to think more positively of America. Bush, who arrived late Wednesday, is partially retracing the steps of his father - the first American head of state to set foot in the country when it was on the threshold of democratic transition.
His visit was overshadowed, however, by concerns about America's fight against terror. Like Europeans elsewhere, many Hungarians are critical of America's presence in Iraq, the U.S. prison at Guantanamo for terrorist suspects, reports of secret CIA prisons in Europe and the controversies surrounding Abu Ghraib and Haditha in Iraq.
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