Bush and Brown Seek to Establish Rapport

CAMP DAVID, Md. - With little relationship of their own yet, President Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown point instead to how much their nations have in common.

The alliance of the United States and Britain, though, has long been shaped by personalities - Roosevelt and Churchill, Reagan and Thatcher, Bush and Blair. Now Bush and Brown will find out how much they can do in a short time.

Brown arrived Sunday at Camp David, the presidential mountain retreat 70 miles north of Washington. It is their first official sit-down, although they have met before.

During a private dinner Sunday and more meetings Monday morning, the two leaders were talking strategy …