Posted on 05/04/2006 6:00:05 PM PDT by snugs
Today the President spoke at the National Day of Prayer in a ceremony in the East Room.
President Bush mets with President of Uruguay, Tabare Vazquez in the Oval Office
The President also attended a ceremony celebrating the Mexican holiday, Cinco de Mayo, in the East Room.
This evening he spoke at the American Jewish Committee Centennial Dinner
Vice President Dick Cheney spoke at the Vilnius Conference in Vilnius Lithuania. Afterward he spoke with various heads of states from the Baltic and Black Sea regions who were attending this conference.
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld spoke at the Southern Center for International Studies in Atlanta.
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
QUOTE OF THE DAY
President Bush Commemorates National Day of Prayer
East Room
THE PRESIDENT: Welcome to the White House. I am really glad you're here. Thanks for coming. And I'm honored to join you for the National Day of Prayer. On this special day, we give thanks for the many ways that America has been blessed, and we acknowledge the Almighty, who is the source of these blessings.
I appreciate the Chairman of the National Day of Prayer, Shirley Dobson. I notice you brought your old husband with you, too. (Laughter.) Thank you for organizing this event here at the White House and around the nation.
I want to thank the members of the Cabinet who are here. Thank you all for coming. I appreciate you taking time out of your day to be here to join.
America is a nation of prayer. It's impossible to tell the story of our nation without telling the story of people who pray. The first pilgrims came to this land with a yearning for freedom. They stepped boldly onto the shores of a new world, and many of them fell to their knees to give thanks.
At decisive moments in our history and in quiet times around family tables, we are a people humbled and strengthened and blessed by prayer. During the darkest days of the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress and George Washington -- I call him the first George W. -- (laughter and applause) -- urged citizens to pray and to give thanks and to ask for God's protection.
More than two centuries since our first National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving, we continue to ask for God's guidance in our own lives and in the life our nation. Each year, thousands of citizens write letters and send cards to the White House that mention their prayers for this nation and this office.
In my travels across the great land, a comment that I hear often from our fellow citizens is, "Mr. President, I pray for you and your family." It's amazing how many times a total stranger walks up and says that to me. You'd think they'd say, "How about the bridge?" Or, "How about filling the potholes?" (Laughter.) No, they say, "I've come to tell you I pray for you, Mr. President."
And the only thing I know to do is to look at them in the eye and say, that is the greatest gift that a fellow citizen can do for those of us who have been entrusted to lead our country. And for that -- (applause.) And so I thank thanks -- I say thanks to the millions of Americans who pray each day for our nation, our troops, and our elected leaders.
Prayer is a gift from Almighty God that transforms us, whether we bow our heads in solitude, or offer swift and silent prayers in times of trial. Prayer humbles us by reminding us of our place in creation. Prayer strengthens us by reminding us that God loves and cares for each and every soul in His creation. And prayer blesses us by reminding us that there is a divine plan that stands above all human plans.
In the stillness and peace of prayer we surrender our will to God's will, and we learn to serve His eternal purposes. By opening ourselves to God's priorities, our hearts are stirred and we are inspired to action -- to feed the hungry, to reach out to the poor, to bring aid to a widow or to an orphan or to the less fortunate.
From our nation's prayerful beginnings, America has grown and prospered. Through prayer, we humbly recognize our continued dependence on divine providence.
I want to thank you all for keeping prayer a part of our national life. May God bless each one of you, and may God continue to bless our nation.
PHOTO OF THE DAY 
President Bush laughs with Latin entertainer Graciela Beltran as he asks her to sing one more song as they take part in a Cinco de Mayo celebration, Thursday, May 4, 2006, in the East Room at the White House in Washington
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Wow! What a moving speech. I read it twice, with tears in my eyes. Thanks for posting this.
Good evening Mike, sorry it is late but I had trouble earlier with Yahoo could not access photos
Heya!
Congrats to you Mike!
Speaking at the National Day of Prayer in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House 
President George W. Bush (R) walks past Reverend Jay Dennis of Lakeland, Florida, after speaking at an East Room ceremony marking National Prayer Day
Top Ten? Just glad to be here anyway. First Thursday nite I've had off in a month!
Thank you! What a great speech!
President Bush, far right, listens to singer Rebecca St. James, from Nashville, Tenn., as he takes part in the National Day of Prayer ceremony
President Bush takes part in the National Day of Prayer Thursday, May 4, 2006, in the East Room at the White House in Washington 
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