Bush, Clinton to see tsunami victims

Bush, Clinton to see tsunami victims

WASHINGTON: Former US presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush
-- the current president's father -- will visit tsunami-affected
countries of South and Southeast Asia later this month, the White
House announced Friday.

Clinton and Bush, whom President George W. Bush last month put
in charge of efforts to raise private US aid for nations
devastated by December's Indian Ocean tsunamis, will lead a
presidential delegation to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and The
Maldives, the White House said in a statement.

They will visit the region from February 19-21, the statement
added.

Clinton and Bush regularly appear on television advertisements
requesting donations for the hundreds of thousands made homeless
by the earthquake-triggered tsunamis. -- AFP