Reuters - "...Bush briefly met Northern Ireland's various Catholic and Protestant political parties before flying out mid-afternoon..."

VERY briefly, before flying out in a BIG hurry, is my guess. Asking Colin Powell, "Now, who'd you say them funny-talkin' fellers was? That one with the beard, seemed like a damn Commie & he wuz speakin' some kinda weird French poetry in thar somewhars, sumpin' 'bout Sin bein' Fine, probly a atheist. An' then that other honcho with the glasses an' the King James Bible, hollerin' 'bout some guy Norton Iron an' the Peepists controlling him, mus' be more o' them preeverts. You just tell ol' Tonyboy ah back him all the way, whatever the hell it is he wants over here; now Let's Roll. We got us more evildoers to kill."