it's a state visitbecuase he gets to say hello to the queen. and as leader of a republic he is techincally the head of state there
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new_matt,
Wed 19 Nov 2003, 11:35,
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But he's the first President sinceWoodrow Wilson to have a State visit. Clinton never did nor did any of the others in the last 70 years who weren't quite so bad for this country.
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MizEmma,
Wed 19 Nov 2003, 11:38,
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it's probably to do with the nature of the visiti'd imagine. you need to ask manic, he knows these things
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Wed 19 Nov 2003, 11:41,
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