Teddy Roosevelt was the first U.S. President to go abroad on businessto check the construction of his Panama Canal in 1906but a 21st century leader is expected overseas on a regular basis. Last Thursday, George W. Bush, an unenthusiastic traveler, began his third trip to Asia, where memories of past presidential visits are vividand where the footsteps he follows are sometimes those of his old man. His stops:
Japan
Precedents have been set, and they're not good. In 1974, Gerald Forddressed in a pair of borrowed formal trousers that barely reached his socksmet then-Emperor Hirohito....
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