"The United States salutes the nations that have recently taken strides toward liberty, including Ukraine, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan [KEYR-geez-stan], Mauritania [moor-EH-tain-ee-a], Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Morocco."
From a leaked draft of President Bush's speech to the United Nations, complete with phonetic guide
"I think that's a offensive question. I'm going to just decline to comment on it."
"I think that's a offensive question. I'm going to just decline to comment on it."
Press Secretary Dana Perino at a White House press gaggle, responding to a question on whether Bush has "a hard time pronouncing some of these countries' names"
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