[snugs]

Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara arrives at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, to meet with President Bush. The President met with a group of former State Department and Defense Department leaders to brief them on Iraq.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, left, and former Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, right, arrive at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, to meet with President Bush. The President is met with a group of former State Department and Defense Department leaders to brief them on Iraq

President Bush pauses for a photograph on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, with present and former Secretaries of State and Defense in the Oval Office at the White House. Bush met with the bipartisan group to discuss the war in Iraq. From left is former Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, former Secretary of State James Baker, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, former Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State George Schultz, former Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State Alexander Haig, former Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci, former Secretary of Defense William Perry, and former Secretary of Defense William Cohen.

President Bush, center, meets Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, with present and former Secretaries of State and Defense in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. Left to right are Secretary of State Donald H. Rumsfeld, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and former Secretary of State Colin Powell

President Bush, meets with present and former Secretaries of State and Defense in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006. Seated left to right are Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

President Bush, right center, is flanked by Vice President Dick Cheney, left, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, as he meets, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, with present and former Secretaries of State and Defense in the Roosevelt Room at the White House

President Bush speaks with members of the media, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, as he met with present and former Secretaries of State and Defense in the Roosevelt Room at the White House

President George W. Bush speaks while surrounded by past and present secretaries of state and defense after their meeting about the war in Iraq in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington January 5, 2006. Facing the camera are (L-R) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, former secretary of defense William Cohen (under former U.S. president Bill Clinton), General George Casey, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former secretary of state Colin Powell.

President George W. Bush (seated left of center) speaks with reporters following a meeting with former secretaries of defense and state about the war in Iraq, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Seated at the table clockwise from the President are: former secretaries of state Colin Powell, Madeleine Albright, Lawrence Eagleburger, James Baker III, George P. Schultz, Alexander Haig and former defense secretaries Robert S. McNamara, Melvin Laird, James Schlesinger, Harold Brown, Frank Carlucci, William Perry, General George Casey, Commander of US forces in Iraq, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney.

Former Nixon U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird is surrounded by reporters as he departs the White House in Washington, January 5, 2006. U.S. President George W. Bush earlier held a meeting about the war in Iraq with past and present secretaries of state and defense

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top 12?

[snugs]

President Bush smiles during the signing of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 in the Oval Office on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006 in Washington. From left are Rep. Mark Green, R- Wisc., first lady Laura Bush, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R- Utah, Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R- Wisc., Bush, Rep. Richard Larsen, D-Wash., and Rep. Hilda Solis, D-Calif.

President Bush shakes hands with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., second from right, and Sen. Arlen Specter, R- Penn., right, after signing the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 in the Oval Office on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006 in Washington. From left are Rep. Hilda Solis, D-Calif., Rep. Richard Larsen, D-Wash., Bush, Rep. Anthony David Weiner, D-N.Y., Leahy, and Specter

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President George W. Bush is introduced to speak at the State Department by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Washington January 5, 2006

President George W. Bush looks down as he is introduced to speak at the State Department in Washington January 5, 2006

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Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice laughs as U.S. President George W. Bush gives the Texas 'hook-em horns' symbol before speaking at the State Department in Washington January 5, 2006. President Bush went to bed at halftime of the Texas-Southern California college football championship last night but woke up in time to see the Longhorns' dramatic comeback victory over the No. 1 Trojans. The President called Texas coach Mack Brown on Thursday morning to congratulate him on the Longhorns' 41-38 defeat of Southern Cal and invited the team to the White House

President Bush makes remarks to the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education at the U.S. State Department, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006

President George W. Bush speaks about Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon while visiting the State Department in Washington January 5, 2006. The President expressed U.S. sympathies to Sharon and called him a man who cared deeply about the security of his people.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Education Secretary Margaret Spellings laugh as President George W. Bush speaks at the State Department in Washington January 5, 2006. Confronting a dire shortage of U.S. foreign language speakers, the Bush administration on Thursday announced a plan to boost teaching of 'critical' languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Hindi and Farsi. The White House will ask Congress for $114 million in the 2007 budget to initiate the plan

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice makes remarks to the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education at the U.S. State Department, Thursday Jan. 5, 2006, in Washington

President Bush greets the audience after making remarks to the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education at the U.S. State Department, Thursday Jan. 5, 2006

[luvie]

What a great gathering of minds the president had today at the White House. I'm sure the media will say it's because he doesn't know what to do himself so he calls in everyone else.

Thanks for rhe beautiful pictures, Snugs. Been thinking about you and your Dad today.

[mystery-ak]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

[radiohead]

Lord have mercy, doesn't your life just show on your face? Take a look at all the 'right' folks in this pic and then look at Albright. [[shudder]]