白宫：布什总统将参加北京奥运会，出席开幕式未肯定。 (图)

白宫发言人证实布什总统将参加北京奥运会，但对是否出席开幕式未给予肯定的答复。

Wednesday, the White House said anew that Bush would attend the Olympics, but left open the possibility that he would skip the opening ceremonies. Asked whether Bush would go to that portion of the games, White House press secretary Dana Perino demurred, citing the fluid nature of a foreign trip schedule this far out and the many factors that go into devising it.

''I would again reiterate that the president has been very clear that he believes that the right thing for him to do is to continue to press the Chinese on a range of issues, from human rights and democracy, political speech freedoms and religious tolerance, and to do that publicly and privately, before, during and after the Olympics,'' she said.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 9, 2008， Filed at 2:07 p.m. ET
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Olympic-Torch.html