Posted on 10/06/2005 5:24:04 PM PDT by snugs
Yesterday President George W. Bush and and his wife Laura visited Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC.
Yesterday Laura Bush met with a group of Afghan teachers who are training at the University of Nebraska in Omaha on an educational exchange sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council
Yesterday The Justice Department said that it is expanding its investigation into whether a naturalized U.S. citizen from the Philippines stole classified documents while he worked in the office of Vice President Dick Cheney
Today the President made remarks on the War on Terror at the Ronald Reagan Building
The President also attended and spoke at a tribute to the National Review magazine, and founder William F. Buckley
Today Laura Bush visited a day care center at Martha's Table in Washington with the wife of Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany
Today Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld met with Hungarian Minister of Defense Ferenc Juhasz at the Pentagon
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
QUOTE OF THE DAY –
President Discusses War on Terror at National Endowment for Democracy
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
Washington, D.C.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) Thank you all. Please be seated. (Applause.) Thank you for the warm welcome. I'm honored once again to be with the supporters of the National Endowment for Democracy. Since the day President Ronald Reagan set out the vision for this Endowment, the world has seen the swiftest advance of democratic institutions in history. And Americans are proud to have played our role in this great story.
Our nation stood guard on tense borders; we spoke for the rights of dissidents and the hopes of exile; we aided the rise of new democracies on the ruins of tyranny. And all the cost and sacrifice of that struggle has been worth it, because, from Latin America to Europe to Asia, we've gained the peace that freedom brings.
In this new century, freedom is once again assaulted by enemies determined to roll back generations of democratic progress. Once again, we're responding to a global campaign of fear with a global campaign of freedom. And once again, we will see freedom's victory. (Applause.)
I appreciate the Secretary of State, Condi Rice, who has joined us -- alongside her, Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld. Thank you all for being here. I'm proud, as well, that the newly sworn-in Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the first Marine ever to hold that position, is with us today -- General Peter Pace. (Applause.) I thank the members of the Diplomatic Corps who are here, as well.
Recently our country observed the fourth anniversary of a great evil, and looked back on a great turning point in our history. We still remember a proud city covered in smoke and ashes, a fire across the Potomac, and passengers who spent their final moments on Earth fighting the enemy. We still remember the men who rejoiced in every death, and Americans in uniform rising to duty. And we remember the calling that came to us on that day, and continues to this hour: We will confront this mortal danger to all humanity. We will not tire, or rest, until the war on terror is won. (Applause.)
And Islamic radicalism, like the ideology of communism, contains inherent contradictions that doom it to failure. By fearing freedom -- by distrusting human creativity, and punishing change, and limiting the contributions of half the population -- this ideology undermines the very qualities that make human progress possible, and human societies successful. The only thing modern about the militants' vision is the weapons they want to use against us. The rest of their grim vision is defined by a warped image of the past -- a declaration of war on the idea of progress, itself. And whatever lies ahead in the war against this ideology, the outcome is not in doubt: Those who despise freedom and progress have condemned themselves to isolation, decline, and collapse. Because free peoples believe in the future, free peoples will own the future. (Applause.)
With the rise of a deadly enemy and the unfolding of a global ideological struggle, our time in history will be remembered for new challenges and unprecedented dangers. And yet the fight we have joined is also the current expression of an ancient struggle, between those who put their faith in dictators, and those who put their faith in the people. Throughout history, tyrants and would-be tyrants have always claimed that murder is justified to serve their grand vision -- and they end up alienating decent people across the globe. Tyrants and would-be tyrants have always claimed that regimented societies are strong and pure -- until those societies collapse in corruption and decay. Tyrants and would-be tyrants have always claimed that free men and women are weak and decadent -- until the day that free men and women defeat them.
We don't know the course of our own struggle -- the course our own struggle will take -- or the sacrifices that might lie ahead. We do know, however, that the defense of freedom is worth our sacrifice. We do know the love of freedom is the mightiest force of history. And we do know the cause of freedom will once again prevail.
May God bless you. (Applause.)
PHOTO OF THE DAY
A determined looking President Bush
President George W. Bush addresses his remarks on the War on Terror, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, speaking before the National Endowment for Democracy at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington
just me
Dose going up - sorry it is late do not know where the time went to this evening
Please wait to post or repost any photos or graphics until the all clear is given
1st!
President Bush hugs Anita Kukkola, the mother of Pfc. Jason Kukkola of Fountain Hills, Ariz., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, after Bush presented the soldier with a Purple Heart during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center
President Bush shakes the hand of Spc. Jeremy Goodman of Washington, N.C., as his wife, Terry Goodman, watches Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005
President Bush and first lady Laura Bush talk with Sgt. Patrick Hagood of Anderson, S.C., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005
President Bush shakes the hand of Sfc. Richard Robertson of Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, as his wife, Sarah Robertson, watches after presenting him with the Purple Heart at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
The President gave a great speech today. He was very much on his game. I am going to enjoy this Dose, as I always do. Thanks, snugs.
Love the photo of the day! Thanks for the dose. :) I appreciate your work.
Good evening!
Oh well #2 aint so bad
Thanks for the ping, snugs!
Laura Bush meets with a group of Afghan teachers Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, who are training at the University of Nebraska in Omaha on an educational exchange sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council.
nearly a close second - you have tried so hard I will award 2 toasters tonight LOL
I wonder what he was smoking at the time, LOL!
beat the ping LOL
We have a lot of facial expressions today you will enjoy the photos
Thanks snugs!
Hey guys I got warn you rack the photos snugs there is report off Globe magazine for next week I get Globe magazine on my market on Thursday evening well apparently they claim Dubya and Laura marriage is on the rocks
Now questiion how did you think they get that story from unnamed WH source claim Laura been yelling at Dubya alot
I take with grain of salt come on my mom yell at my dad when he does something stupid
The President gave a most excellent speech today. I hear Mr. Blair did as well.
we already had a disrupter here?
What great pictures tonight snug, thank you so much.
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