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Sat 07 Jul 2006Bush asks black Americans to trust his partyUS: President George W. Bush has told black leaders that he wants to change the relationship between the Republican Party and the African-American community and to work together to combat such blights as HIV and poor education.Addressing the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) for the first time since becoming president, Mr Bush acknowledged his party's difficult relationship with African-Americans.