abstract:The High Council of State (; ) was the supreme political body of Mauritania. It served as the country's interim government following the coup d'état which ousted the President, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi on August 6, 2008.
Bush said he is dispatching high-level delegations -- composed of officials from the State and Defense departments and the National Security Council -- to Europe, Asia, Australia and Canada to talk about building a new missile defense strategy.