Posted on 02/02/2005 2:48:31 PM PST by GretchenM
President Bush will deliver his annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress tonight at 6 PM Pacific time. A live webcast is available here. According to CNN, quoting a top aide, "President Bush will present 'a strategy for success' in Iraq and outline details of his Social Security proposal."
Judge Michael Chertoff testified during his nomination to become Homeland Security Secretary before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
President Bush plans a late February trip to Europe to seek additional assistance from the European Union and NATO in Iraq, and to meet with leaders, including German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
There will be lots of photos tonight during and after the president's speech.
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island!
President Bush will award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith, 33, probably in March. He is the first person to receive the award since 1993. 
Sgt. Paul Smith, on April 4, 2003, climbed aboard an armored vehicle and manned a heavy machine gun to cover the withdrawal of his men from a suddenly vulnerable position. Smith was fatally wounded by Iraqi fire, the only American to die in the engagement. Smith could have justifiably ordered his men to withdraw. The Lt. Colonel who nominated Smith believes Sgt. Smith rejected that option, thinking that abandoning the courtyard would jeopardize about 100 GIs outside - including medics at an aid station. His widow, who reacted with excitement to the news of the medal, said, "It makes me feel proud, so honored that I was allowed to be part of Paul's life. Even today he's probably laughing at all of us, saying "You're making way too big a deal out of me.' He did what he had to do to protect his men, not to get a medal." The link, above, gives more details.
Dose going up.
Welcome to July4th64.
Please wait to post or repost photos till the all clear.
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RIP Sgt. Job well done.
top ten
doing Leiberman puppet dance!
5th?
WHOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!
Hi Gretchen!
Cardiologist Sung Lee holds up a copy of the pacemaker that he implanted in US Vice President Dick Cheney three years ago. Australian scientists said pacemakers could be obsolete within a decade after researchers managed to revive heart tissue withered by cardiac arrests.
Using the South Lawn as his own private soccer field, Barney goes for a "Gooooooal" during a romp with a soccer ball.
Barney poses for his Rose Garden portrait
Barney steals the show in the Oval Office. 
June
Barney Bush waits for President Bush in the Oval Office. 
That's pathetically all ... for now. There WILL be more later.
Oh, that is very cool. I have never seen that before.
Prayers for the president as he prepares for his big speech tonight.
WOW! We have a scoop on the content of Bush's SOTU!
I am kind of slow today -- it took me a few seconds, and a re-read or two, to get that.
Steely-eyed rocket man.
Thanks also for highlighting the fact that the President will soon be awarding the Medal of Honor posthumously to Sgt. Paul Smith. For those "Doser" who may be interested in more info, here's a link to the longer of two threads that went up today: freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1334411/posts
Here is link to the St. Petersburg Times' excellent interactive about Paul Smith entitled "The Last Full Measure of Devotion."
Ladies, Sgt. Smith was quite a handsome lad who left behind a loving wife and two children.
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