[Jukebox-list] Koizumi Juke box

[David Breneman]

I tried to send this Monday, and for some reason Yeehaw
bounced it back.  More details on the Koizumi juke box
from the White House web page (if anyone still cares three
days later...)

> "Ron Rich" <ronnnrich at yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> > Are there enough Elvis songs to fill it up?
> 
> 
> Some transcripts from the White House web site:
> 
> 
> http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/06/20060629-3.html
> "President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Participate
> in a Joint Press Availability"
> 
> (Deletions...)
> 
> PRESIDENT BUSH: All in all, it was a visit that I knew was going to
> be a good one because I know the man; I know what he's like: he's a
> good thinker, he's a strategic thinker, he's a clear speaker. And,
> plus, as you all know, it's become quite well-known that we're
> going
> to visit Graceland tomorrow. He's an Elvis fan. Laura and I gave
> him
> a jukebox as a gift, and I can't -- what was the first song you put
> on? It wasn't "Hound Dog," it was --
> 
> PRIME MINISTER KOIZUMI: "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You."
> 
> PRESIDENT BUSH: See, he loves Elvis, and I couldn't think of a
> better
> way to honor my friend by going to Graceland. But it also sends a
> signal about how close our relationship is. 
> 
> (Deletions...)
> 
> ...And...
> 
> http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/06/20060629-9.html
> "Mrs. Bush's Remarks at a Media Preview of the Official Dinner with
> the Prime Minister of Japan "
> 
> (Deletions...)
> 
> Q Mrs. Bush, could you talk a little bit about the jukebox that the
> President presented to the Prime Minister, and his reaction?
> 
> MRS. BUSH: Well, we have -- we found a really great jukebox from
> the
> '50s -- refurbished, obviously, and filled with 45 songs, including
> 25 of Elvis Presley's. So it was in the Red Room when we came in
> from
> the arrival ceremony this morning. And Prime Minister Koizumi
> searched the keys and found, "I want you, need you, and love you,"
> and played that first. (Laughter.) So he and the President sang a
> duet. (Laughter.) 
> 
> (Deletions...)
> 
> Q Mrs. Bush, can the President keep these presents that he gets,
> and
> can the Prime Minister take the jukebox with him --
> 
> MRS. BUSH: Yes, the Prime Minister -- there's a crate for the Prime
> Minister to take the jukebox with him on his plane tomorrow when he
> leaves to go home.
> 
> Q Does he have to give it back to --
> 
> MRS. BUSH: I don't know what the laws are in Japan, but, in fact,
> gifts from heads of state to the President of the United States go
> to
> the American people, they go to the archives, belong to the
> government. Well, they'll go to the Bush library, wherever it's
> going
> to be at some point. But no, he can't use them personally. So
> that's
> too bad.
> 
> Okay, thanks, everybody.
> 
> END 3:04 P.M. EDT


David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com

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