SANTIAGO, Chile Nov 20, 2004 ? President Bush stepped into the middle of a confrontation and pulled his lead Secret Service agent away from Chilean security officials who barred his bodyguards from entering an elegant dinner for 21 world leaders Saturday night.

 

Several Chilean and American agents got into a pushing and shoving match outside the cultural center where the dinner was held. Bush noticed the fracas after posing for pictures on a red carpet with the summit host, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos and his wife and first lady Laura Bush.

 

Abandoning the other three, Bush walked over to the agents, reached through the dispute and pulled his agent from the scrum.

 

The president, looking irritated, walked away with the agent. The incident was shown on APEC television.

 

"Chilean security tried to stop the president's Secret Service from accompanying him," said White House deputy press secretary Claire Buchan. "He told them they were with him and the issue was resolved."

 

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=269699

Another article about it from Reuters:

 

SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - President Bush on Saturday reached into a throng of squabbling bodyguards and pulled a Secret Service agent away from Chilean security officers after they stopped the him from accompanying the president at a dinner.

 

Chilean security stopped several members of the president's Secret Service detail and a pushing and shoving match ensued. It occurred as Bush was entering the Mapocho Station cultural center for an official dinner of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit's 21 leaders.

 

Bush was posing for pictures on the red carpet with his wife, Laura, and Chilean President Richard Lagos and his wife, Luisa Duran, when the president noticed the confrontation unfolding behind him.

 

He stepped away from them and reached into the quarreling crowd and hauled the lead Secret Service agent from Chilean security agents.

 

For a few seconds Bush met resistance from the Chilean officers. Bush was seen shaking his head and muttering under his breath as he walked away.

 

APEC's summit television showed the incident.

 

The White House had little comment.

 

"Chilean security tried to stop the president's Security Service from accompanying him. He told them they were with him, and the issue was resolved," White House spokeswoman Claire Buchan said.

 

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?t...storyID=6875283

They're showing a video of the incident right now on Fox News!

OMG amazing. I guess all that tough training in the Air National Guard has really helped him.

 

:plain

fascinating.

Awesome. But security forces from two countries shouldn't be doing that.

Another article on CNN:

 

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/...rity/index.html

 

SANTIAGO, Chile (CNN) -- It was a rare moment of role reversal -- U.S. President George W. Bush coming to the aid of a man paid to protect him.

 

Upon arriving for an official dinner with world leaders gathered for the annual APEC summit on Saturday night, the president stopped after hearing commotion at the door of the Estacion Mapocho Cultural Center.

 

According to a videotape of the incident, Bush turned around and saw that one of his Secret Service agents was being forcefully restrained from entering by Chilean Chilean security guards.

 

The president dove into the crowd, where people were arguing and pushing one another, and pulled the agent through the door of center.

 

After the successful rescue, Bush turned around, cocked his head proudly at his maneuver and began to greet his hosts.

 

The White House is downplaying the incident as an unfortunate misunderstanding with Chilean security services.

 

"There was some confusion over whether the president's Secret Service agent could accompany him to the dinner, but the issue was resolved," White House spokeswoman Claire Buchan told CNN.

 

The president is in the Chilean capital for the weekend Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, making his first international trip since winning a second term on November 2.

Here's the video of it