A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos): 2.3.05

AP, yahoo.com, whitehouse.gov ^ | Thursday February 3, 2005 | GretchenM

[GretchenM]

President and Mrs. Bush attended the National Prayer Breakfast in DC this morning.

President Bush took his "Social Security can be fixed" message directly to Americans.

The Senate voted 60-36 to confirm Judge Alberto Gonzales as United States Attorney General, with all of the "no" votes coming from Democrats and Democratic-leaning Independent Jim Jeffords of Vermont.

Any other descriptions of what the president or his chief advisors did today will appear next to the photos.

Enjoy today's visit to Sanity Island!

[GretchenM]

President Bush plans to press for even stricter limits on human embryo research and has no intention of softening restrictions on stem cell research, a senior administration official said today
Bush speaking today in Fargo

Hugged by Tricia Traynor, center, as Paul Thomas, right, looks on at North Dakota State University Bison Sports Arena Thursday

[silent_jonny]

LOL--the last picture in #17.

[DrDeb]

I'm headed out the door; however, I wanted to post the following URLs first:

Photos from the President's trip to Great Falls, Montana:
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=G1&Date=20050131&Category=PHOTOGALLERIES&ArtNo=131001&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=1

Photos, videoclips, articles from the President's trip to North Dakota:
http://www.in-forum.com/collections/index.cfm?collection=president_visit#


STILL BEAMING AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S HISTORIC SOTU SPEECH . . . WOW!!

Night all!

[GretchenM]

"President Bush receives an ovation after a member of a forum praised him for restoring dignity to the White House, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005, in Fargo, N.D."

Boys and Girls Club of Germantown in Philadelphia

Mary Bond of Walcott, N.D., enjoy a laugh as she joined the president in support of his Social Security reform agenda during a visit to Fargo, N.D

[GretchenM]

North Dakota National Guard members

[GretchenM]

Fargo

introduced by Gov. John Hoeven, far left, at North Dakota State University Bison Sports Arena Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005 in Fargo

Bush boards Air Force One at Montana Air National Guard Base, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005 in Great Falls, Montana

[GretchenM]

President Bush walks with his daughter Barbara on the South Lawn of the White House to board his helicopter for a short ride to Andrews Air Force Base, in Washington, Thursday

Montana ExpoPark Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005 in Great Falls

[speekinout]

girls have gotten a lot of attention in recent years, and boys have been neglected.

That's true. All of the emphasis has been on making sure that girls get "their share". I'm on the edge by thinking that boys really do need different things than girls do (and I don't just mean Ritalin so they can become as docile as girls).

I love what Laura is doing.

[ohioWfan]

You know, he LOVES this stuff......you can see it in his face.

I'm glad he's getting out among the people to talk about his SS plan.

There's no way anyone would know what it was if it were left to the media.....

[ilovew]

YAY!!!!

[GretchenM]

"President Bush bows his head in worship at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005. Less than 10 hours after wrapping up his address, Bush attended the 53rd annual prayer breakfast with members of Congress and world leaders, including the presidents of Madagascar and Honduras."

[GretchenM]

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet in Ankara, Turkey, on Saturday to prepare for a planned U.S.-Russia summit. U.S. officials in Ankara said Rice and Lavrov would prepare the ground for talks set for Feb. 24 between President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Slovak capital Bratislava. Rice is seen in Washington, February 1

That's all the photos from me. Feel free to post others you find.

[ilovew]

Me too. I thought it was a particularly interesting thing for her to want to get involved in. There are always things out there that don't get a lot of attention and it seems like she's picked a very worthwhile cause and one that she can definitely bring a lot of focus to.

[GretchenM]

'grats.

[silent_jonny]

Excellent! Thank you.

[radiohead]

There's no way anyone would know what it was if it were left to the media.....

Did you hear what Rush said today? GWB is taking his message to the people. Let them decide. The Dim leadership (kind of an oxymoron) had its picture taken in front of FDR's statue - Dims playing to their willing accomplices in the media. No ideas, no discussion of varying points of view, just a picture of a bunch of socialists and a statue of their socialist hero.

Like they say on Star Trek, 'They're dead, Jim.'

[ilovew]

I love seeing those words together. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

[Swede Girl]

Where do they get the energy? George and Laura are always on the go. We are so lucky to have them as our First Couple.

[GretchenM]

Yahoo captioned the last photo in 17 as "an unidentified child," but, to the contrary, the kid's done been branded!

[SnarlinCubBear]

Thanks for the dose GEM. Isn't Barbara lovely?