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No date likely to emerge from Bush, Sarkozy meeting

WASHINGTON
Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:53am EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it did not expect a date to be set for a Group of Eight gathering when President George W. Bush meets with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Saturday.

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"I don't believe that tomorrow night's meeting will have any new policy announcements or any decision on a date or a location for that meeting although everybody is working toward that," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters.

"I think a date for a meeting is a little bit less important than figuring out what recommendations people want to come to the table with," she said.

(Reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky; Editing by Eric Walsh)



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