Europeans wary of Bush's D-Day visit

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In Europe, the legacy of the 9,386 American soldiers who lie buried on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach is an enduring wellspring of gratitude and admiration for the United States

But precious little of it will be available to President Bush (news - web sites) when he visits the immaculately groomed cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer in early June for ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

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"Most leaders here see him as a disaster for European-American relations," said William Drozdiak, director of the German Marshall Fund's Transatlantic Center in Brussels. "They don't want to see him re-elected, and they don't want to do anything that will be used in a campaign to promote Bush's stature in the world."

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"We're not supposed to say this ... but what John Kerry (news - web sites) said is true: Most European governments would be more than happy to see a new administration in the White House," Cox said.

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