Enough is enough, it seems. With the NATO summit meetings
consistently running two hours over schedule most of the day,
President Bush abruptly got up and left the last formal session
of the day, not bothering to wait for an official summit photograph
of all the leaders.
Bush is no fan of windy meetings and evidently had had his
fill. He left behind Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to
represent him for the rest of the session, which concerned
NATO operations in Afghanistan, but his departure was so sudden
and unexpected that he left some of his motorcade behind,
inculding his press pool, when he got into his car and headed
back to his hotel.
