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Putin comes to Maine Sunday to see Bush (AP)

June 30, 2007

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Dorothy Bartley poses for a television crew, not shown, with a bottle of vodka in front of her restaurant in Kennebunkport, Maine, Friday, June 29, 2007. Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit with President Bush in Kennebunkport on Sunday and Monday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - The personal touch is sometimes a pivotal item in the diplomatic toolbox. President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, time and again, have reached for just the thing to improve one of the world’s most crucial partnerships.