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November 21st, 2005

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Bush in Mongolia

The US has great ties with Mongolia, a vast nation with a small, partly nomadic population sandwhiched between two superpowers. Ulanbattar has even sent a even small contingent of peacekeepers to Iraq, the first time Mongolian soldiers have been in Baghdad since Helegu Khan destroyed the Abbasid Caliphate in the 1250s.

George Bush is the first US president to visit Mongolia, but a US vice president visited the country many decades ago in his tour of the region. Anyone know who he was and when he visited? No googling/cheating!

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Grendel
November 21, 2005
10:01 am
I have no idea, but if you're into presidential quizzes, try this "one":http://www.catsdogs.com/veepquiz.html
phil
November 21, 2005
12:40 pm
I have no idea, but my WAG is Spiro Agnew. If Nixon went to China, Agnew was probably sent to Mongolia.
Joe
November 21, 2005
2:59 pm
Agnew is too obvious. I'm going with Rockefeller.
mark safranski
November 21, 2005
6:12 pm
I 'll guess Henry Wallace (FDR's 2nd Veep who was dumped from the ticket in 1944 for being a creepy fellow-traveller) - he toured Siberia and Mongolia was a stone's throw.
Curzon
November 21, 2005
6:16 pm
Mark is correct! Wallace did indeed enter Mongolia on his 1944 trip.
Registan.net :: Central Asia News
November 21, 2005
7:00 pm
Bush in Mongolia

I’ll refrain from doing my own little roundup in favor of pointing you to all the other blogs discussing Bush’s visit to Mongolia.
Gateway Pundit has plenty of links and pictures.
Coming Anarchy has a bit of trivia regarding the visit a...
mark safranski
November 21, 2005
8:38 pm
The whole point of historical training is savoring moments like these :O)
East Asia Watch
November 21, 2005
11:49 pm
Bush praises Mongolia

In the first ever visit of a sitting U.S. president to Mongolia, President Bush praised Mongolia as an “example of success for this region and the world” for its transition to democracy. The president also said U.S. troops were proud to f...
Dan tdaxp
November 22, 2005
3:15 pm
Mark,

If Wallace and not Truman had followed Roosevelt, how much harm could he have done?

(An actual question -- I can guess, but I have never seen anyone knowledgable address it).
Curzon
November 22, 2005
3:17 pm
I have seen it written about in several books and articles over the years, with most people from across the political spectrum answering, "a complete disaster."