Posted on 05/08/2006 5:31:05 PM PDT by snugs
The President spent the weekend in Washington, on Saturday he Delivered the Commencement Address at Oklahoma State University and later in the day attended a family wedding in Washington.
On Sunday as is his practise when in Washington he attended St John's, the first lady travelled to Costa Rica to attend today's swearing in of Costa Rica's President-elect Oscar Arias.
The Vice President concluded his Eastern European trip over the weekend concluding it in Croatia.
Today the President announced General Michael Hayden as his nominee to head the CIA
The President also made a statement about the humanitarian disaster in Sudan's Darfur region
The First Lady is in Costa Rica for the swearing in of Oscar Arias as President, she also visited a school called the United States of America.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mets the new British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
QUOTE OF THE DAY
President Nominates General Michael Hayden as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
The Oval Office
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Today I'm pleased to nominate General Mike Hayden as the next Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Mike Hayden is supremely qualified for this position. I've come to know him well as our nation's first Deputy Director of National Intelligence. In that position, he's worked closely with our Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte, to reform America's intelligence capabilities to meet the threats of a new century.
Mike has more than 20 years of experience in the intelligence field. He served for six years as Director of the National Security Agency, and thus brings vast experience leading a major intelligence agency to his new assignment. He also served as Commander of the Air Intelligence Agency, as Director of the Joint Command and Control Warfare Center, and as Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States and U.N. Forces in Korea.
He's held senior positions at the Pentagon, the U.S. European Command, the National Security Council, and served behind the Iron Curtain in our embassy in Bulgaria during the Cold War.
Mike knows our intelligence community from the ground up. He has been both a provider and a consumer of intelligence. He's overseen the development of both human and technological intelligence. He has demonstrated an ability to adapt our intelligence services to the new challenges of the war on terror. He's the right man to lead the CIA at this critical moment in our nation's history.
With the agreement of the Senate, Mike will succeed a great patriot in Director Porter Goss. Under Porter's leadership, the CIA launched a five-year plan to strengthen the agency's human intelligence capabilities. This plan involves increasing the number of operatives and sources in the field, and building up the agency's analytical capabilities, so the hardworking men and women of the CIA have the resources they need to penetrate closed societies and secretive organizations.
Porter also played a vital role in shaping the new relationship between the CIA and the new Director of National Intelligence. And this process benefited greatly from the decades-long friendship between him and Director Negroponte.
Porter took on a critical job at a critical moment in our nation's history. He instilled a sense of professionalism in the CIA and maintained the high standards of this vital agency at a time of transition and transformation. Throughout his public life, Porter Goss has been a man of accomplishment and integrity, and America appreciates his service.
PHOTO OF THE DAY 
President George W. Bush announces his nomination of Gen. Michael V. Hayden as the next Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Monday, May 8, 2006, in the Oval Office as Ambassador John Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence, looks on. Said the President of Gen. Hayden: "He's the right man to lead the CIA at this critical moment in our nation's history."
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Dose going up - please wait for the all clear before posting or re-posting any photos or grahics.
Sorry I am a bit late today but it was dad's birthday.
Number one again - you are getting good at this LOL
;)
President Bush Delivers Commencement Address at Oklahoma State University 
Graduates hold up a "Love Dubya" sign
Later in the day, the President and First Lady attended a wedding ceremony of family members Alexander Ellis and Sarah Aker at St. John's Church in Washington 
Attending church
First Lady Laura Bush arrives to Juan Santamaria international airport outside San Jose, Costa Rica, Sunday, May 7, 2006. She will attend the swearing in of Costa Rica's President-elect Oscar Arias on the 8th.
H B again to your dad!:)Hope he's had a great day...
I'm sure he has.
Hola!
For your dad:
Good luck to General Hayden. I hope the Republicans will support him. He's a good guy.
President George W. Bush walks from the Oval Office as national intelligence director John Negroponte (L) shakes hands with General Michael Hayden after Bush announced his nomination of Hayden to head the CIA at the White House in Washington May 8, 2006
Happy Birthday to your dear dad, snugs.
Hello Gretchen! :)
Ooooooops I posted a picture before the all clear.
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