A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos): 8.24.05

yahoo.com, whitehouse.gov ^ | Wednesday August 24, 2005 | GretchenM

[GretchenM]

President Bush addressed military personnel and families in Nampa, Idaho after spending spent two nights at a ski and golf resort in Donnelly, Idaho with his wife. Click here for the speech link.

There are some nice vacation photos as well as work pictures today.

Yesterday Condi Rice met with the South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs "to discuss regional security and diplomatic affairs before attending a private dinner," and today she met with Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert privately to discuss regional security and diplomatic affairs.

Welcome to Sanity Island!

[GretchenM]

QUOTE: "... 19 individuals have served both as Guardsmen and as President of the United States. And I'm proud to have been one. ... The citizen soldiers of Idaho are making history. You're fighting to ensure that our freedom, like the state of Idaho, may endure forever. Americans are grateful for your devotion to duty and your courage under fire. We live in freedom and peace because of your determination to prevail.

"I'm proud to be traveling today with a great wife, wonderful mother, Laura Bush. She said, when you get in there keep your speech short. I said, I hadn't been to Idaho yet as President, how can I keep my speech short? Anyway, I'm listening to her."

[STARWISE]

Woo Hoo, thanks GM!!

[GretchenM]

Dose going up. Please wait to post or repost pictures till the All Clear.

Thanks!

[GretchenM]

President Bush and Laura after he addressed a crowd of military personnel and families in Nampa, Idaho

Addressing military personnel and families in Nampa, Idaho

Police, fire and military personnel applaud President Bush

[lysie]

W ..Yeah baby!!

[GretchenM]

Bush pledged that as long as he is president 'we will stay, we will fight and we will win the war on terrorism."

Military members cheer as President Bush speaks about them

[GretchenM]

[potlatch]

Ping

[DuckFan4ever]

Is there an audio to the speech?

[GretchenM]

President Bush and Laura as they head up a dock following a boat ride on Lake Cascade in Donnelly, Idaho, Tuesday

President Bush, right, leans forward as his boat approaches the dock following a tour on Lake Cascade in Donnelly, Idaho, with Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne Tuesday

[GretchenM]

President Bush waves as he rides with first lady Laura Bush, second right, Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne and his wife Patricia Kempthorne during a boat ride on Cascade Lake near the Tamarack resort in Donnelly, Idaho

President Bush tosses the rope to Dave Williams

Heading out to go fishing

Some of these may be reposts

[GretchenM]

Congratulations, Star!

[GretchenM]

President Bush leads a group on mountain bikes along a path near Lake Cascade State Park in Donnelly, Idaho, Tuesday

[lysie]

One of the best DOse threads to be first.

I'm so proud of our military for supporting President Bush and he..them.

[GretchenM]

From the photos of her as SoS, I believe Condi has a way of charming her counterparts and the heads of state with whom she meets and transacts business that disarms them.
Rice with South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs Ban Ki-moon

Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert after meeting with Rice

US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld denied that the Pentagon has considered assassinating Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

Okay, let's start practicing this man's name!
Newly-appointed Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani, responds to a question as he co-hosts his first media briefing at the Pentagon along with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld August 23. Rumsfeld said the Pentagon plans to deploy two additional battalions to Iraq amid rising insurgent attacks.

All clear.

[GretchenM]

I didn't see one at the White House web site but it may be available elsewhere.

[lysie]

Ack! I forgot to ping you SW to my post. Sorry.

One of the best DOse threads to be first.

I'm so proud of our military for supporting President Bush and he..them.

[an italian]

I love him in that pics...

[GretchenM]

Well, lookee here.

MOVE OVER, CINDY: BUSH SINGLES OUT OTHER MILITARY MOM
The Drudge report | Aug. 24, 2005 | Drudge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1469938/posts

NAMPA, Idaho -- President Bush today took direct aim at Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war protester who has set up camp near the Bushes Texas ranch and purports to speak for military moms who, like her, have lost a son in the Iraq war.

Speaking to hundreds of Idaho National Guardsmen, the president singled out military mom Tammy Pruett of Pocatello, Idaho, whose husband and five sons have all served in Iraq.

"Tammy has four sons serving in Iraq right now with the Idaho National Guard: Eric, Evan, Greg and Jeff. Last year her husband, Leon, and another son, Aaron, returned from Iraq, where they helped train Iraqi firefighters in Mosul.

"Tammy says this -- and I want you to hear this -- 'I know that if something happens to one of the boys, they would leave this world doing what they believe, what they think is right for our country.'

"And I guess you couldn't ask for a better way of life than giving it for something that you believe in. America lives in freedom because of families like the Pruetts."

The crowd, made up mostly of military family members, broke into cheers and chants of "U-S-A! U-S-A!"

[an italian]

Can I personally invite him in Italy for the "Giro d'Italia" next year?