Putin visits Bush summer home
Updated on 02 July 2007
Vladimir Putin becomes the first foreign leader to visit President Bush's summer holiday home in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Much has been made of George W Bush's warm relationship with Tony Blair.
But Vladimir Putin has become the first foreign leader to be invited into President Bush's "inner sanctum".
The informal visit to Kennebunkport began with a ride in a speedboat driven by George Bush Senior.
But the omens for agreement on a range of issues , including American plans for a missile defence system in Europe, are not good.
