A lectern to be used by U.S. President George W. Bush to speak to the press is shown in a field prior to his remarks on his meeting with defense officials on his ranch in Crawford, Texas, August 11, 2005. Bush is running his administration from his summer home for the month of August, including meetings with senior members of his cabinet
President George W. Bush (R) guides senior members of his administration along a road as he prepares to speak to the press following a defense meeting on his ranch in Crawford, Texas, August 11, 2005.
U.S. President George W. Bush speaks alongside senior administration figures (National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld) following their meeting on defense issues on his ranch in Crawford, Texas August 11, 2005
President Bush walks along a gravel road on his ranch in Crawford, Texas, after speaking with reporters
President George W. Bush waves as he prepares to drive his pickup truck away after speaking to the press
President George W. Bush drives his pickup truck past members of the press
President George W. Bush drives his pickup truck with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in the passenger seat as they leave a press event on his ranch 
First lady Laura Bush waves as she steps out of her pickup truck to join President Bush at a gathering of his defense and foreign policy teams, meeting on their ranch in Crawford, Texas, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005. The house in the background was their first home on the 1,600 acre Prairie Chapel Ranch and is referred to as the 'governor's house'.
President Bush, right, and Vice President Dick Cheney, second from right, listen Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005, to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld during a meeting with the Defense Policy and Program Teams at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, Texas
.S. President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney met with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (3rd R) and the Foreign Policy team at his ranch in Crawford, Texas August 11, 2005.