U.S. beef -- and Bush -- off to South Korea
02:45 PM PT, Jul 1 2008
U.S. beef is returning to South Korea for the first time in five years -- and so is President Bush.
Korean President Lee Myung-bak, visiting Bush at Camp David last April, agreed to lift the ban on U.S. beef that had been in place since mad cow disease was discovered in the United States in 2003.
Despite violent protests in Seoul, the White House said that Bush will meet with Lee when the two are in Japan for the G-8 meeting this month and again when Bush visits South Korea Aug. 5-6, on his way to the Beijing Olympics.
At Camp David, Bush served the south Korean president Texas Black Angus tenderloin. No telling what they'll be eating on this trip.
-- Johanna Neuman
Photo: Lee Jin-man /Associated Press
