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Bush meets Obama ahead of presidents' lunch

 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush met successor Barack Obama for the second time at the White House on Wednesday ahead of a lunch with all living U.S. presidents some two weeks before Obama's inauguration. (link)

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