Posted on 10/13/2008 10:17:08 PM PDT by snugs
Today the President met with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the White House, the First lady also accompanied him to the National Gallery of Art in Washington and in the the Prime Minister attended a dinner at the White House. .
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
President Bush Participates in Joint Statement with Prime Minister Berlusconi of Italy Rose Garden
PRESIDENT BUSH: Good morning. Prime Minister Berlusconi and I just had a very good discussion. That's exactly the kind of meeting that you would expect when good friends get together.
Mr. Prime Minister, I appreciate your leadership. I want to thank you for your gracious words earlier today. I want to thank you for giving the American people the honor of celebrating Columbus Day with the leader of Italy.
For more than 60 years, the United States and Italy have worked together to strengthen transatlantic alliances and to help freedom expand across Europe. Today we're addressing global challenges with determination and vision and with confidence. America and Italy are working to stabilize global financial markets. People all over the world are understandably concerned about the global financial crisis and about how it will affect their families and their businesses.
I appreciate Italy's participation in the meeting of the G7 and G20 finance ministers over the weekend. Both the G7 and G20 issued important statements committing to work together to help resolve the crisis. I welcome the bold and specific follow-up actions by European nations to pursue the G7 action plan. And the United States is also acting, and we will continue to implement measures consistent with the G7 action plan to help banks gain access to capital, to strengthen the financial system, and to unfreeze credit markets and restore confidence in our financial system.
These are tough times for our economies. Yet we can be confident that we can work our way through these challenges. And America will continue to work closely with the other nations to coordinate our response to this global financial crisis.
America and Italy are working with other nations to fight terror and maintain stability and secure their democratic future. More than 8,300 Italian troops are deployed in regions of conflict around the world. They're helping to fight extremism and to defend liberty and give more people the hope of a better future. About 2,100 Italian troops are supporting the NATO mission in Afghanistan. Italy leads Regional Command West, as well as a provincial reconstruction team.
I appreciate the Prime Minister's willingness to modify restrictions on where Italian forces can operate in Afghanistan. Italy has deployed carabinieri to support the NATO training mission in Iraq. They're doing a fine job. These are highly professional, highly skilled folks that are helping the Iraqi people.
In Lebanon, Italy is the single largest contributor to the United Nations peacekeeping mission. We discussed the need for Syria to respect Lebanon's sovereignty, to cease its support for terror, and to open full diplomatic relations with Lebanon's elected government.
Italy has deployed more than 2,300 troops to maintain stability in the Balkans. Our two nations support an independent and democratic Kosovo, and we're working to ensure that the new European Union mission deploys throughout that country. We agree that all Balkan nations should be invited to join the EU, and other transatlantic institutions as they qualify for membership.
We discussed Iran. We agreed that Iran must not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. We discussed the importance of full implementation of United Nation's sanctions on the regime in Tehran.
America and Italy are working closely to end the conflict in Georgia. We firmly support Georgia's democracy and sovereignty and territorial integrity. The United States and the EU agree that the territory of Georgia includes the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. We're working to meet the humanitarian needs of the Georgian people and help displaced families return to their homes.
To earn the respect of the international community, Russia must show respect for the sovereignty and territory of its neighborhoods. Russia must accept the responsibilities and obligations of international leadership.
Mr. Prime Minister, Laura and I are looking forward to our dinner with you tonight. We look forward to celebrating the enormous contributions that the sons and daughters of Italy have made in America. And we look forward to honoring the strong alliance that binds our two nations together. Welcome.
PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI: (As translated.) Thank you very much, Mr. President. Thank you for this extraordinary invitation. My presence in Washington today is also the tribute of a friendship, personal friendship which binds me to President Bush, as well as the friendship between our two peoples.
PHOTOS OF THE DAY
President George W. Bush is embraced by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as he honors the Italian leader Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, during an official welcoming ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House. White House photo by Grant Miller
President George W. Bush and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi raise their glasses in a toast Monday evening, Oct. 13, 2008, during a State Dinner in honor of Prime Minister Berlusconi's visit to the White House. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
Hi snugs
Hello
I’m the only one still awake ... ???
;)
Thank you, snugs .. so much for your hard
work in the middle of the night. Hugs.
I’ve seen some of the pics, and they’re
wonderful ...
Yay ... I’m not the only one .. LOL.
Sorry it is so late but I had computer keyboard trouble as well as my friend came round just as I was about to start the dose preparation. So I got so far and then had a sleep before getting up early and posting the dose. I will get a new keyboard today and check in later for any pings
President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush welcome Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at a welcoming ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, October 13, 2008
President Bush welcomes Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008.
President Bush embraces Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as they participate in a South Lawn arrival ceremony at the White House in Washington
For a moment there I felt I was in the twilight zone-lol
President Bush, left, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, right, share a laugh during an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008.
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President Bush, left, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, right, talk during an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008.
President George W. Bush and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during an official arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, October 13, 2008
President Bush participates in a South Lawn arrival ceremony for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, left, at the White House in Washington
Hi and thanks for the ping
A dose for the night owls! (or early birds across the pond)
Snugs, you’re a trooper, I hope you know how much your hard work and dedication are appreciated.
Love,
O2
President George W. Bush (L) and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi walk near the crowd during an official arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, October 13, 2008
President Bush, left, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, right, review the troops during an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008
Poor snugs!
Sorry to hear about your keyboard troubles. not fun!
God bless you snugs & thanks as always for the dose!
President Bush, left, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, right, return to the stage during an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008
President George W. Bush (R) and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi watch the Old Guard as it marches past during a welcoming ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, October 13, 2008
President Bush, right, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, center, and first lady Laura Bush wave from the balcony during an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008.
President Bush, right, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, center, and first lady Laura Bush wave from the balcony during an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008.
President Bush and Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi makes remarks with US President George W. Bush in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC.
President George W. Bush listens as Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi addresses his remarks at a joint press availability Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, in the White House Rose Garden. Prime Minister Berlusconi said that Italy and America share a special friendship which has its roots in common values, in sharing a world which is inspired by love for democracy and freedom. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President Bush, left, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, right, depart the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008 after making a joint statement.
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and First Lady Laura Bush visit the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. They attended an early viewing of the exhibit "Pompeii and the Roman Villa:Art and Culture around the bay of Naples".
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, center left, and first lady Laura Bush talk with the press outside the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. They attended an early viewing of the exhibit "Pompeii and the Roman Villa:Art and Culture around the bay of Naples".
Thanks for your efforts tonight. I enjoyed all the pictures so much. Last week was terribly hard on President Bush. He looked so old and beaten. Today he looks like he has the spring in his step again. God bless him for all he’s suffered on our behalf.
President Bush welcomes Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to a dinner on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008
President Bush speaks before toasting with the Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi during an Official Dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, in Washington
Guests at a table listens to remarks by President Bush to the Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi during an Official Dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, in Washington.
President Bush, right, toasts with the Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, left, during an Official Dinner in the State Dining Room Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, in Washington.
Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, center standing, shares a toast with the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, left seated, during an Official Dinner in the State Dining Room Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, in Washington. On the right is first lady Laura Bush
Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, left standing, holds the top portion of the podium as he walks over to President Bush, right seated, to thank him during an Official Dinner in the State Dining Room Monday, Oct. 13, 2008 in Washington. The podium came apart during Berlusconi's remarks to the President
President Bush, right, with singer Frankie Valli, center, on stage following the entertainment portion of the Official Dinner for the Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, left, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, in Washington. Also on stage members of the Broadway show the 'Jersey Boys'
From left to right, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, first lady Laura Bush, and President Bush, are seated together during the the entertainment portion of the Official Dinner in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, in Washington
man that dress is ugly
ALL CLEAR I HAD HOPED TO POST MORE PHOTOS AND TOASTERS BUT WITH THE KEYBOARD PROBLEMS THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE. IT KEEPS GIVING ME WERID LETTERS AND FIGURES, SPLIT A DRINK IN IT.
WILL PLUG IN MY REPLACEMENT ONE LATER TODAY AND ANSWER ANY PINGS ETC BUT AFRAID BOTH TIME AND THE ONLY WAY TO TYPE CERTAIN THINGS IS TO COPY AND PASTE MEANS CANNOT REPLY TO ANYONE NOW.
BE IN TOUCH LATER
Great post snugs. Thanks for all you do ;o)
They look like old buddies.
Thanks for the great photos.
Thanks for the ping.
I am sorry for your problems Eleanor. I have always had a backlog of back up keyboards (I AM SUCH A KLUTZ) and am using my last one now. Must watch for sales). It is awful when you have just one letter not working but to have more is just about unusable.
I recall one Dose when Gretchen was posting & one of her letters was not working. She just left the letter out..& it was funny to read.
Thanks for the wonderful pix & work you have done here for us. I think you have for years gone beyond the call by having the Dose up in our time comfort area.(when most sensible Brits are sleeping). You should just do it when you can & we are grateful. We all get here eventually.
Miss the long threads with many people who chatted for hours. Some have sadly died & some have left us & some (like me) seem so consumed with life & other things right now that just a short visit & reading everyone’s comments is about all I do, and often the next day when noone else returns.
Your work here & devotion is appreciated!
Thanks for your beautiful work. I listened to talk radio most of yesterday, with newscasts every hour or more, and never knew that this event was happening in DC. I heard once or twice that President Bush was meeting with President Berlusconi, period, end of statement. No mention of the Official welcoming ceremony and Dinner.
And NO mention of it being Columbus Day - now a bad word in America!
President Bush looks Great as does Laura Bush.
God Bless President Bush, Senator McCain, Governor Palin and their families.
Thanks for the pictures.
That drinking will do it every time! Do appreciate all your hard work.
Thanks for the Dose. I love the ones of the Old Guard. And I love State Dinners. W looked so relaxed today. As for Laura’s State Dinner Gown, I love the color. It(the dress not the color) is quite different than anything I have seen her wear before and I would love to know the name of the designer.
Yes, the Democrats/MSM would have Americans believe that the citizens of the world hate President Bush . . . Yet the leaders of every major country — Italy, France, Germany, England (Blair era), Australia (Howard era), India, most countries in Africa, Israel, and on and on — have EMPHATICALLY indicated that not only do they respect President Bush; they LOVE him!
As Jay Nordlinger notes, the leaders and peoples of IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN also LOVE our president:
“We chopper from the Green Zone to the Besmaya Combat Training Center. This is where they prepare Iraqis to take the fight to the enemy and defend the country. Who’s the enemy? Well, let’s rehearse: al-Qaeda, the militias, and assorted others who wish to terrorize and subjugate a population.
Our band is greeted by Colonel Abbas, who is warm and gung-ho — very. He calls you “my brother.” He is the epitome of the Iraqi committed to a new Iraq. And he is obviously giving it his all.
. . . We have lunch with a big group, including Colonel Abbas, who is the dominant personality — an amazing personality. He says that he was the first man to sign up for the new Iraqi army — on July 21, 2003. His ID card, he tells us, says No. 1 — he was the first man in.
. . . [Jay Nordlinger asked Abbas about President Bush] What about George W. Bush? “He’s a great man in the world. I want to see a monument to him in Baghdad. A man like him comes every 300 years.”
Praise like this for Bush is pretty rare, certainly on American shores. But Colonel Abbas is entitled to his opinion too, isn’t he?”
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDhkZjZkNmQ3OTNjYzk2NzJjMWJhZGRhYWU5ODYzZmQ=
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PODIUM GETS CARRIED AWAY DURING BUSH TOAST
By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi toasted President Bush with pieces of a podium Monday night while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was dubbed a “prima donna” during translation in a Columbus Day official dinner at the White House.
In his haste to honor Bush, Berlusconi accidentally bumped the podium from which he was speaking in the crowded dining room. It fell apart, leaving the grinning Italian to advance on the president with just its top and attached microphones. The crowd of prominent Americans, Italians, and Italian-Americans burst into appreciative laughter and applause.
“I’m 100 percent confident that we’ll be friends forever,” Berlusconi said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081014/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_italy;_ylt=ArF1XXlhH1f9A_FZtPT5GlgD5gcF
GUESTS AT WHITE HOUSE DINNER FOR ITALIAN PM
By The Associated Press
Guest list for Monday’s White House dinner honoring Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as provided by the White House.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081013/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_italy_guests;_ylt=Ah2VP4ClFK9YRsxroFvqjaID5gcF
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WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
—At 8 AM EDT tomorrow , President Bush will unveil more specifics about the Administration’s economic rescue plan
—President Bush signs S. 3001, the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009.
—President Bush participates in U.S. Department of Defense Briefings.
http://cspan.org/Topics/President-George-W-Bush-Administration.aspx
Oh, and snugs...the way I look at it, I think you were just trying to give other Dose posters a chance at the toaster.
Dose posting time was getting a bit predictable. You just wanted to mix it up a bit.
My compliments on the idea! ;=)
...Keyboard problems...friend visits...suuuurrre...that's a GOOD ONE! /sarc
Tidbits from the guest list.
Many Italian-Americans on the Guest List, most good, some bad (ala Nancy Pelosi and spouse).
Some of the good guys invited: the Alitos; Dana parino and dad; Frankie Valli and son; Mary Cheney and Heather; Condi and Gene Washington (did they a chance to watch Monday nite football?); Peter Pace and wife; Mary Lou Retton and husband; Susan Molinari and hubby;Rudy and Judy
Delicata Squash Soup with Citron
Maine Lobster Fondue
Artichoke and Reggiano Cheese Ravioli
Ponzi Chardonnay "Reserve" 2005
Rosemary-crusted Elysian Farm Lamb
Crispy Eggplant and Swiss Chard
Robert Mondavi Cabernet "Reserve" 2005
"Santa Maria"
Chocolate Napoleon
Iron Horse "Russian River Cuvée" 2003
I'm so happy that a bit of Italy has returned to being in favor of the U.S.
...I have an eyelash portion of Italian in my background (1377 - Milan - marriage of Lady Donnina Visconti and Sir John Hawkwood <--my relative)
So glad to see “Bob” wine on the list. He was such a talented wine maker, and stood his ground for making a QUALITY product, when his brother C.K. (Charles Krug) went the other, cheaper way.
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