Posted on 03/30/2005 4:38:29 PM PST by GretchenM
President Bush and Senator Grassley promoted reform of the Social Security system via talk radio while visiting a community college, and also visiting with senior citizens, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
In Afghanistan, Laura Bush highlighted women's achievements in that country, visiting the Women's Teacher's Training Institute at Kabul University. Secretary of Education Spellings joined her. Mrs. Bush announced the United States' commitment to provide more than $15 Million for building a new university in Kabul. She visited with coalition troops at Bagram Air Base in Kabul and ate dinner with them.
There are many really great photos today. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island!
QUOTES: President Bush regarding Social Security "...If you've got a good idea, we expect you to be at the table; we expect you to bring it forward. We -- I expect you to bring it forward, but more importantly, the American people expect you to bring it forward. There's a lot of people who know we've got a problem when it comes to this issue, and now is the time for people to act."
Laura Bush: "It is, indeed, an extraordinary privilege to be with you today to celebrate the incredible progress that has been made by the people of Afghanistan over these past four years."
Laura Bush with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul. Bush flew to Afghanistan to praise the country's women, who are struggling for the right to education more than three years after the fall of the repressive Taliban
Laura Bush, right, is greeted by Afghan schoolchildren upon her arrival at Kabul University 
Mrs. Bush met with grant recipients from the Afghan Women's Business Council's Artemis Program. 
Dose ping.
Pls wait for the All Clear to post or repost photos.
LOTS of great pictures today!
Showing children how kaleidoscopes work
Yea!!!! Under 10! Gotta go, though; thanks for the pictures--I'll get more time to look after church!
Laura Bush pays for cookies and biscuits at the bakery, leaving the bakery more fragrant than when she arrived
Present!
Laura Bush arrives at the Presidential Palace accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky in Kabul, Afghanistan 
Laura Bush talks with female students in the newly built National Women’s Dormitory on the campus of Kabul University Wednesday in Kabul, Afghanistan. The women’s dormitory was built to provide a safe place for young women to live while pursuing studies away from their families.
At the Women's Teachers' Training Institute at the Ministry of Higher Education at Kabul University.
(This makes me want to buy an Afghani carpet!)
Laura Bush talks with an unidentified Afghan entrepreneur selling goods at Kabul University in Kabul. 
Hi there Gretchen.. I am actually here before everyone has left for the night.. thank you for your work & for putting up the Dose for us...
"That face, that face, that beautiful face."
Thank you, Lord, for keeping her safe! May she rest well after such a difficult journey.
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At Women's Teacher's Training Institute in Kabul 
A million thank yous.
Laura Bush joins a roundtable with students and teachers while visiting the Women's Teacher's Training Institute at the Ministry of Higher Education at the Kabul University; she went to promote education for women, which was forbidden by the Taliban government overthrown by U.S. Led forces three years ago.
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Laura Bush, second left, and U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings meet with students and teachers at Kabul University 
Afghan President Hamid Karzai jokes with Laura Bush
Laura Bush listens to the comments of Afghan teachers and students during a roundtable at the Women’s Teacher’s Training Institute of Kabul University in Kabul
But I'll be glad when she's back in the USA!
Yay! Lady Laura is so lovely!
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