WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush will host White House rivals John McCain and Barack Obama, as well as top lawmakers, for unprecedented economic crisis talks on Thursday, a spokesman said Wednesday.
The news came 40 minutes before the US president, at pains to convince wary lawmakers to adopt his administration's 700-billion-dollar Wall Street rescue plan, was to take his case to the US public in a prime-time televised speech.
Bush, who telephoned Obama around 7:30 pm (1130 GMT), hopes "to work on driving toward a bipartisan and timely solution on the financial rescue package," said White House spokesman Tony Fratto.
Obama spokesman Bill Burton confirmed in a statement that the Illinois senator would attend.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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