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US Pres meets with Ghanaian pres, comments on security, Pakistan

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SHOTLIST ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++ 1. Wide of Honour Guard waiting to greet US President George W. Bush 2. Tilt up of soldiers 3. Various of Bush's motorcade arriving 4. Bush getting out of car and greeting Ghanaian President John Kufuor 5. Wide of ceremony 6. Mid of Bush and Kufuor 7. Mid of military band 8. US and Ghanaian flags 9. Various of Bush greeting Ghanaian dignitaries and officials 10. Cutaway rear view of soldiers 11. Pan of Bush and Kufuor walking past Ghanaian musicians 12. Wide of outdoor news conference venue 13. Mid of Bush and Kufuor at podium 14. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President: ++PART OF THIS SOUNDBITE RAN IN 1030 ME EUROPE PRIME NEWS++ "We do not contemplate adding new bases. In other words the purpose of this is not to add military bases. I know there's rumours in Ghana, 'all Bush is coming to do is try to convince you to put a big military base here'. That's baloney. Or as we say in Texas, that's bull." 15. Cutaway of audience at news conference 16. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President: (Soundbite includes cutaway of reporters) "There was a victory for the people of Pakistan. And that is, there were elections held that have been judged as being fair and the people have spoken. I view that as a significant victory. I view it as a part of the victory on the war on terror." 17. Cutaway of audience 18. Bush and Kufuor shaking hands at end of news conference 19. Various of Bush and Kufuor walking along red carpet 20. Wide of meeting between US and Ghanaian officials 21. Pan from Bush to Kufuor, pull out to mid of two men 22. US officials, including US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice 23. Cutaway of cameras 24. Wide of meeting STORYLINE US President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that the United States was not trying to expand its military influence in Africa by building new military bases on the continent. The US Defence Department created United States Africa Command last October to consolidate operations that had been split among three other regional commands, none of which had Africa as a primary focus. Several African countries, including Libya, Nigeria and South Africa, have expressed deep reservations about the command, claiming it could signal an unwanted expansion of American military influence or turn Africa into another battleground in the global war on terror groups. Ghana's President, John Kufuor, raised the issue with Bush during their meetings at Osu Castle, a centuries-old building that was once a hub of slave-trading and now is the seat of government. "We do not contemplate adding new bases," Bush told a news conference in Ghana's capital, Accra. "In other words the purpose of this is not to add military bases. I know there's rumours in Ghana, 'all Bush is coming to do is try to convince you to put a big military base here'. That's baloney. Or as we say in Texas, that's bull," Bush added. During the news conference, the US leader also commented on recent parliamentary elections in Pakistan and declared that they were "a part of the victory on the war on terror". "There was a victory for the people of Pakistan. And that is, there were elections held that have been judged as being fair and the people have spoken. I view that as a significant victory," he said. Final results from this week's parliamentary poll were expected later on Wednesday, but with the count nearly complete, two opposition parties have won enough seats to form a new government, though they will likely fall short of the two-thirds needed to impeach Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. Ghana has boosted its economy and cut its poverty markedly, although many people here remain poor. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/eac6701591c16875c141377cde4aad72 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork