A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos): 6.1.05

yahoo.com, whitehouse.gov; departmentofdefense ^ | Wednesday June 1, 2005 | GretchenM

[GretchenM]

President Bush met with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, and South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki in the Oval Office; and spoke via phone with Egypt's President Muburak. This evening he and Mrs. Bush are dining with the Colin Powell's at the Powell residence.

Vice President Dick Cheney delivered the commencement address at the Air Force Academy graduation in Colorado.

Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld held a press conference with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Myers. Link to text.

Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island!

[GretchenM]

QUOTES:

Rumsfeld:

"Those privileged to live in free countries are forever in the debt of those who make that freedom possible," Rumsfeld said. "No force in the world has done more to liberate people that they have never met, than the men and women of the United States military. That's why the recent allegation that the U.S. military is running a gulag at Guantanamo Bay is so reprehensible.

"Gulags were a series of forced-labor camps in the then-Soviet Union where millions of Soviet people were literally worked to death. Soviet dictator Josef Stalin set up the gulags in the late 1920s and 1930s, and they lasted till the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991."

Rumsfeld said U.S. forces have caught at least 12 detainees released from Guantanamo Bay that were back on the battlefield involved in efforts to kidnap and kill Americans.

Bush:

"Under the Secretary General's leadership, NATO has been active in places like Afghanistan and training troops in NATO. And today we discussed the NATO mission in Darfur, to help deal with human suffering in that part of the world. So, Mr. Secretary General, I am proud to call you friend and proud to work with you, as the President of a contributing member of NATO."

"...Mr. President, I want to thank you for your leadership. South Africa is a great country. The President uses his position to not only better the lives of his own people, but to work to bring stability and peace to the region and to the continent."

Vice President Dick Cheney, left, congratulates top cadet Andrew Jon Sellers, of Bellevue, Wash., the top cadet at the Air Force Academy

[RushCrush]

Toaster

[GretchenM]

Dose going up.

Fat dose today.

Pls wait to post or repost pictures till the All Clear.

[GretchenM]

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer with Bush

Bush said on Wednesday he was surprised and fascinated to learn the identity of the Watergate source known as 'Deep Throat."

[GretchenM]

is here to award you

[GretchenM]

South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki

[ohioWfan]

If I had had a third son, I would have named him Jap de Hoop. ;o)

THANKS for the DOSE, Gretchen!

[GretchenM]

(May 16 file photo) "President Bush urged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on June 1, 2005 to lead the Middle East toward democracy with free and fair presidential elections, the White House said. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the two leaders spoke by telephone for about 10 minutes and among the topics they covered was the start of the presidential election campaign in Egypt, and last week's referendum there and incidents of violence."

Dinner with the Powells this evening -- "President Bush on May 31 2005 said there were still diplomatic options available to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions without having to resort to a military strike. 'It's either diplomacy or military. And I am for the diplomacy approach,' Bush told reporters at a news conference in the White House Rose Garden. U.S. President George W. Bush is met at the doorstep by former Secretary of State Colin Powell at Powell's home in McLean, Virginia, May 31, 2005. First lady Laura Bush accompanied the President for dinner with Powell and his wife Alma."

[Cyber Ninja]

Rumsfeld always gets the joke.

[GretchenM]

"U.S. President George W. Bush shakes hands with his brother, Florida Governor Jeb Bush, at the end of a Bush-Cheney 2004 election fund-raising speech in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in this January 8, 2004 file photo. George Bush, the president's father, would like to see another Bush in the White House someday, saying on May 31, 2005 that he would want his son Jeb to run for president when the timing is right. Jeb Bush has repeatedly said he does not plan to run for president in 2008, trying to dampen speculation that another Bush could be on the next Republican ticket for the White House."

Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne Cheney talk with Larry King during the taping of an interview 'Larry King Live' at the Naval Observatory in Washington Friday, May 27, 2005.

Cheney delivers commencement address at the Air Force Academy in CO

Air Force Cadets celebrate their graduation as Vice President Dick Cheney congratulates a cadet at the Air Force Academy

[Darth Reagan]

But I've been told over and over again that Bush and Powell don't get along!

[GretchenM]

Rumsfeld warned that any country that takes in Abu Musab al-Zarqawi will be viewed by the United States as associating with Al-Qaeda

Rumsfeld on Wednesday warned Iraq's neighbors not to provide medical care to al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who the Pentagon believes has been wounded.

A tip of the hat to our Aussie friends:
"The HMAS Canberra and USS Fitzgerald steam in formation prior to a replenishment at sea with the USNS Tippecanoe, May 30, 2005. The ships of the Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group are preparing to conduct a joint exercise with the Australian Navy to enhance combat readiness. U.S. Navy photo

[GretchenM]

All clear.

[lysie]

Wow! Great pics. Thank you.

[anniegetyourgun]

Your winnings. But seriously, how many of these are you really gonna need in a lifetime?

[GretchenM]

LOL hahahaha

[GretchenM]

He surely doesn't look to me like a man who is breaking under the strain of his job (Rumsfeld).

[MJY1288]

Good Evening Gretchen, Those are great pictures of Colin Powell and President bush

[luvie]

Woo-hoo! Lots of wonderful pictures today. Can hardly wait to see 'em all! Thanks, Gretchen! I at least made the top 100 this time! LOL!

[GretchenM]

But I've been told over and over again that Bush and Powell don't get along

And now we have visual proof of the trustworthiness of those reports!