BUSH SAYS HE'LL VISIT VIETNAM NEXT YEAR

Unless, of course, his old man gets him a slot in the Texas Air National Guard.

From CNN:

President Bush said Tuesday that he will visit Vietnam in 2006 to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

"I'm looking forward to my trip and to the APEC summit that Vietnam will be hosting," Bush said after meeting in the Oval Office with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai.

Khai's official visit to the United States was the first by a Vietnamese prime minister and coincided with the 10th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the former enemies.

This year also marks the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.