President Bush (President of the United States, or POTUS) arrived in the United Arab Emirates today and has been in and out of ornately decorated, lavish rooms at the airport and then at Al Mushref Palace.

I am in the press pool again today, and we've been dashing into these rooms for brief photo ops of Mr. Bush with the UAE President, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and other UAE officials.

You can see some video of the press walking up to the palace, and then into a room with Mr. Bush and President Khalifa, in two separate videos below.

But for some helpful background on Abu Dhabi, and the difference between this UAE city and its more famous but apparently less wealthy sister city, Dubai, check out this March 12 article in Fortune Magazine by Barney Gimbel.

Here's the video:

-- Jon Ward, White House correspondent, The Washington Times