Thanks, Mike. Coming from you that's high praise, indeed. There are literally thousands of photos archived at the WH website. Unfortunately, their photo search engine is very weak. You can only search by date, so I went through every photo for 2001 and 2002 to find these. The good thing about weekends in August is that I can plan these things ahead of time. You folks who do such a great job during the work week don't have that luxury, so you actually have a harder job, in my opinion.
Thanks for this great post Wolfstar. I love the pictures of the President with troops. Did you notice there were a lot to choose from? It says something about the president's character. I'm glad he goes out of his way to thank the troops, it is a good example for all of us.