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Japan PM is Goin' to Graceland

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President Bush is taking Japanese prime minister (and certified Elvis freak) Junichiro Koizumi on a tour of the late singer's Graceland estate later this month, USA Today reports. But the story also includes this rather disturbing little tidbit:

Last year Koizumi crooned to Bush his favorite Elvis tune, I Want You, I Need You, I Love You, at Bush's 59th birthday party at the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, hosted by Queen Elizabeth II of Britain.

I always wondered what went on behind the scenes at those summits, and now I'm thinking I don't really want to know.

Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.

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