A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos) - 1.17.06

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[ohioWfan]

Today President Bush met with Tom Bock, the national commander of the American Legion in the Oval Office, as well as John Sommer, executive director of the American Legion's Washington office and Jim Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

He also met in the Oval Office with Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt to discuss key elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

First Lady, Laura and daughter Barbara were in Ghana today, where Mrs. Bush addressed an audience at the Accra Teacher Training College in Accra, Ghana, to launch the African Education Initiative Textbooks Program. They also visited with patients at the Korle-Bu Treatment Center, and with Peace Corps volunteers, marking its 45th anniversary this year.

Former President George H.W. Bush was in Pakistan today visiting survivors of the 2005 earthquake.

Enjoy your trip to Sanity Island and the Daily Dose!

[ohioWfan]

Quote of the Day (from Scott McClellan's press briefing): Q You kept saying "lawful." It's true the President -- there is a law that permits the President to get a warrant and wiretap. But he has not been doing that; he's been breaking the law. Al Gore said he broke the law. The ACLU is filing a suit. Why does he break the law? I mean, he has the means and the tools to do what --

MR. McCLELLAN: I reject that wholeheartedly, Helen. The legal justification has been spelled out by the Department of Justice.

In terms of Al Gore's comments, I think his hypocrisy knows no bounds. It was the Clinton administration that used warrantless physical searches. An example is what they did in the case of Aldrich Ames. And it was the Deputy Attorney General under the Clinton administration that testified before Congress and said, "First, the Department of Justice believes and the case law supports that the President has inherent authority" -- inherent authority -- "to conduct warrantless physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes and that the President may, as has been done, delegate this authority to the Attorney General." This is testimony, public testimony before the House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

I would also point out that a former associate Attorney General under the Clinton administration said that every President since FISA's passage has asserted that he retained inherent power to go beyond the Act's terms -- under President Clinton -- and he pointed to the Deputy Attorney General's comments that I just referenced.

[ohioWfan]

MEGA DOSE PING!!!!!!!!!!!

[MamaB]

HI.

[MJY1288]

howdy

[ohioWfan]

Almost number one.....

With Tom Bock of the American Legion......

[Kate of Spice Island]

Hi there...

[MJY1288]

8 seconds :-)

[Merlinator]

second?

[Beaker]

hooray!

[MamaB]

Hi there. How are you?

[ohioWfan]

With Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt......

Enjoying a laugh..........I think about the Tour de France.....

Coming home....................from somewhere. :)

[altura]

with any kind of luck, I'll be in the top ten.

[MEG33]

Thank you!

[ohioWfan]

LOTS of pics of Laura in Ghana! These are in Accra....

This is Ghana's President John Agyekum Kufuor ......

Laura LOVES books!

[altura]

I mean....top 12.

[MamaB]

Those are some good pictures.

[ohioWfan]

At the Korle-bu Treatment Center.......

Barbara's with her.......

[bannie]

The hair...the hair...the hair...

[ohioWfan]

With the Peace Corps..........

[ohioWfan]

Arriving for a tour of the Christianborg Castle in Acra......

Those are dancers in the background........

A question from the press?