Posted on 03/30/2005 4:03:55 AM PST by gwb43_2004
KABUL (AFP) - US First Lady Laura Bush arrived in Afghanistan on a lightning visit to promote education and the role of women in society and to meet with US troops, an AFP correspondent said.
Bush, who is due to stay in Kabul for about five hours, touched down at Bagram Air Base, the US headquarters in Afghanistan, after leaving Washington late Tuesday.
She then flew by US military helicopter to Kabul University where she was due to meet a gathering of Afghan women and girls.
Thanks for the ping. Glad she's home safely.
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U.S. first lady Laura Bush greets coalition forces upon arrival at Bagram Air Base in Kabul, Afghanistan March 30, 2005. Mrs. Bush visited Afghanistan for the first time on Wednesday to promote education for women, which was forbidden by the Taliban government overthrown by U.S.-led forces three years ago. REUTERS/Larry Downing |
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U.S. first lady Laura Bush meets Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 30, 2005. (AP Photo/Tomas Munita)
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U.S. first lady Laura Bush smiles during a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 30, 2005. (AP Photo/Tomas Munita)
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U.S. first lady Laura Bush meets with a carpet merchant while visiting grant recipients from the Afghan Women's Business Council's Artemis Program at Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 30, 2005. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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U.S. first lady Laura Bush visits the women's teacher training institute at Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 30, 2005. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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U.S. first lady Laura Bush, left, meets with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 30, 2005. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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U.S. first lady Laura Bush, second right, meets coalition troops upon arriving at Bagram Air Base in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 30, 2005. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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U.S. first lady Laura Bush, center, meets coalition troops upon her arrival at Bagram Air Base in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 30, 2005. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) |
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She's a class act!
Fantastic!
Only our First Lady Laura could be this graceful.
It is so wonderful that we have such a terrific first lady.
Great post. We are so lucky to have such a fine First Lady and by the way, her husband is doing a pretty good job as well.
:o)
Oh. That would be so nice.
I mentor at a school on Thursdays in her honor; I teach them to read.
And funnily enough, there is a large picture of the First Lady in the library at that school and the kids are always telling me how much I look like her. I am honored.
Laura is a graceful Lady
Hillary = beast.
Why don't you go sit in the park and wait for her? Oh, take your lunch.
It is a beautiful thread, but the posts make the thread so much better when you can see the absolute contrast between beauty (Laura) and the beast (Hitlerly). Thank you for posting. I hope she is able to make a swing to Jalabad where my son is currently stationed.
It will probably take several generations but hopefully Afghanistan can leave the 7th century finally.
Of course you do realise that Terri Schiavo story is the ONLY thing going on in the world.
/sarcasm
I love and admire theirr passion, but.....
Mrs. Bush is an awesome, strong, intelligent woman.
Not to mention, mighty easy on the eye.
That is true, we have to ignore the War on Terror, Social Security reform, and God knows what else until the Terri Shivao situtation is taken care of!!!! /s
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