U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Bush plans to discuss the escalating Mideast crisis.
Later today, Bush is scheduled to meet representatives of Russian nongovernmental organizations and then attend a social dinner hosted by Putin and his wife.
(Interfax, AP, ITAR-TASS)
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