mr. president, nice to have you here. but this is what impressed me. just a few weeks later in february, he reaches out to tony blair. bushs had never met blairs. different political parties, great friends of the clintons, but he reaches out in february 2001 to tony and cherie blair and inviteds them, couple only -- invites them, couple only, to camp david to be with george and laura. and watching from the sidelines, you see a president, a world leader, reach across to our number one ally, invites them to camp -- not the white house, where it's stuffy and formal -- but to camp david where it's your family room. two couples, no staff. light moment in the world currently, very pleasant weekend. they did a press conference off the hill, very lighthearted, humorous. but just a great start, and i think tony blair visited maybe two or three times since this. flash forward, unfortunately, seven months later and the 9/11 attacks, and what i think is you see this relation started back in good times and the point of developing relationships before you need them, and i think that had a lot to do with why prime minister blair wa