Posted on 05/03/2006 5:08:00 PM PDT by GretchenM
President Bush discussed our nation's strong, and growing, economy. Fact Sheet: Growing Our Economy: Keeping Taxes Low and Restraining Spending.
On the South Lawn, Bush honored 2005 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
He met with members of Congress to discuss energy policy.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with President Bush at the White House.
Vice President and Mrs. Cheney are in Lithuania where the VP will meet with leaders in the region regarding furthering democracy there. The Vice President's visit to Vilnius is the first stop in a three-nation, six-day trip that includes bilateral meetings with leaders of the Baltic and Black Sea regions at the Vilnius Conference 2006. More on his remarks here.
Secretary of State Rice and Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld briefed Congress on their recent trip to Iraq. Rice greeted the Japanese Foreign Minister at the State Department, and addressed the Conference on the Americas, also at the State Department.
Laura Bush, in Mississippi, announced half a million dollars in grants to be given through The Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries' Gulf Coast School Library Recovery Initiative.
Bush Says Moussaoui Case Over, War Goes On.
Welcome to Sanity Island.
QUOTES: "The American economy is the fastest growing of any major industrialized nation in the world. Productivity has been growing at the highest rate in decades. An economy that is productive is one that will help increase the standard of living for our American people. And we are a productive nation."
"I want to thank the members of the House and the Senate, members of both parties, for a really constructive and important dialogue. ... We talked about the need to make sure our consumers are treated fairly, that there be fairness in the marketplace, and there was common consensus that we need to hold people to account if they're not dealing squarely with the American consumer."
Who says those Germans don't have a sense of humor?
I do believe Laura has found her junior soul mate!
Laura Bush participates in an interview in Biloxi, Miss., with Steve Hartman of CBS News, and 11 year-old Kelsie Buckley, founder of Kelsie’s Books, a non-profit foundation which focuses on helping libraries receive money for large print books for low-vision students. Kelsie has raised nearly $79,000 through her efforts to help libraries in the Gulf Coast region devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
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Bush addresses the press during a meeting with members of Congress in the Cabinet Room. 
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Bush addresses the American Council of Engineering Companies in DC. "Part of creating a wealth in which -- an environment in which the entrepreneurial spirit is strong is to let people have more of their money; is to unleash the great creative talent of the American people," said the President. "And that's what we did. I worked with Congress to cut the taxes on everybody who pays taxes." 
Thank you
With Lithuanian President Valdus Adamkus during a bilateral meeting held at the Presidential Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania. They discussed their mutual determination to further the rise of democracy in the region. 
Oh good, The Dose is up, my Sanctuary!
Wow, what a day!
Condi Rice with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso today at the State Department.
And she's adorable too! I bet that little girl was excited to meet Laura.
And Laura seems to have a friend for life in that adorable young girl. Good for her!
Thanks for the Dose, Gretchen! Off to grade some tests.....
Rice, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso and Japanese Minister of State for Defense Agency Fukushiro Nukaga shake hands after making a post-meeting statement about the relocation of a US air base.
Rice delivers remarks during the 36th Washington Conference on the Americas
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