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MR O'DONNELL:

As you know, we will be flying out on Tuesday, after Questions. have checked on timing and it will be possible for people to attend Questions, those who are travelling with us, and then depart for the airport.

On the Wednesday, the programme itself, since we will arrive very late on the Tuesday night there will be nothing on the Tuesday night. Wednesday morning starts at 0800 with breakfast with Lloyd Benson, the US Treasury Secretary. We are then off to the Capitol. At 0935 will be a meeting with the Speaker, Thomas Foley and leading members of the House of Representative. Then at 1030 a meeting with the Senate and Senato: George Mitchell, who is the majority leader in the Senate, and leading members of the Senate.

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