U.S. President George W. Bush (R) shakes hands with British Prime Minister Tony Blair moments after Bush received a note from U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, informing the president “Iraq is sovereign,” during the opening working session of the NATO Summit at the Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Center in Istanbul, Turkey, June 28, 2004. The president returned the paper to its author, U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. after writing, “Let freedom reign.” REUTERS/Larry Downing ORG XMIT: WHT316D
