A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos): 9.12.06

QUOTE: From Tony Snow's press briefing today in response to a question from a "reporter".

... ask yourself, is it arrogance or is it maintaining fidelity to principle; is it being stubborn or is it being steadfast? You've got a President whose principle is the same. And April, neither you, nor I, or anybody else in this room will ever go through what the President had to do after September 11th, which is to know that Americans died, and that as President everybody is going to be looking at how you handle it and how you step up to the plate. The President has been absolutely steadfast from the beginning, ["]I'm not going to let them win["].

But the idea that some say, "he was being arrogant," you cannot be arrogant when you're looking into the face of mothers, as he was saying last night, holding children who are never going to know their father. You can't be arrogant in a situation like that. There is nothing more humbling than being the President in a time of war. And you can ask any President who did it. And George W. Bush is no different than his predecessors, Democratic or Republican, who lies awake nights asking himself the question, how can I get this done and get our people home?

It is the natural inclination -- you've seen how the President reacts and responds when he gets before the military. He gets choked up because he knows how tough it is. He knows what the atmosphere sometimes is politically. He knows that these people are committed to it. You've got an all-volunteer army; first war in which we've had an all-volunteer army because people are committed. And he wants to make sure that he can get as many of them -- he would love to get each and every one of them home safe. It is simply not possible [I would have to add, for THIS president] to be arrogant as a Commander-in-Chief in a time of war.

Lacking photos of W today ...

Last night

I LOVE THIS ONE! Everyone tries to pay!
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay reaches for his wallet as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice prepares to pay at a Tim Horton's coffee shop in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The beverages were on the house.

1 posted on 09/12/2006 5:39:25 PM PDT by GretchenM

2 posted on 09/12/2006 5:39:39 PM PDT by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero..............)

3 posted on 09/12/2006 5:39:41 PM PDT by MamaB (mom to an Angel)

To: 1Peter2:16; 2Jedismom; 2Trievers; 4mycountry; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; A_perfect_lady; ...

Dose on the way. Please wait to post or repost photos till the all clear.

4 posted on 09/12/2006 5:39:55 PM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)

5 posted on 09/12/2006 5:40:23 PM PDT by Bahbah (Shalit, Goldwasser and Regev, we are praying for you)

Cheney and White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten leave a Republican Policy Lunch on Capitol Hill today

6 posted on 09/12/2006 5:40:26 PM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)

7 posted on 09/12/2006 5:40:46 PM PDT by Bahbah (Shalit, Goldwasser and Regev, we are praying for you)

I coulda been a contendah!

8 posted on 09/12/2006 5:41:00 PM PDT by SnarlinCubBear (Save the Earth - it's the only planet with chocolate)

9 posted on 09/12/2006 5:41:32 PM PDT by RobFromGa (The FairTax cult is like Scientology, but without the movie stars)

Yay Nancy! I was thinking of you especially hard while preparing to post this because of Tony Snow's reference to our president and the military. Glad you got first today.

10 posted on 09/12/2006 5:41:42 PM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)

To: GretchenM; All

Hi GEM and everybody!

11 posted on 09/12/2006 5:42:35 PM PDT by onyx (1 Billion Muslims -- IF only 10% are radical, that's still 100 Million who want to kill us.)

I wasn't able to hear all of Tony today...what did he say?....

12 posted on 09/12/2006 5:42:48 PM PDT by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero..............)

Today

Rice waves from the podium while standing with Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay during their visit to Stellarton, Nova Scotia September 12

At a news conference

13 posted on 09/12/2006 5:42:58 PM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)

A light moment "at a speech appearance at the Museum of Industry in Stellarton, Nova Scotia"

Being thanked by Mackay

14 posted on 09/12/2006 5:43:37 PM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)

I must say it is VERY NICE to have our government and the Canadian government on such amiable terms after such a long chill. This is a type of global warming I can take a shine to.

I like the way Condi dressed to fit in with the people she was visiting: "Rice poses for a photo with three girls dressed as highland dancers while on a visit to the Museum of Industry in Stellarton, Nova Scotia."

These two seem to be in much harmony.
"On the Waterfront"

15 posted on 09/12/2006 5:45:03 PM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)

Walking past a replica of the historic Scottish sailing ship Hector, in Pictou, Nova Scotia

Canadian soldiers are seen on a long range patrol in northern Kandahar, April 2006. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed her gratitude for Canada's troop deployment to Afghanistan, saying it was critical to the war against terror.

16 posted on 09/12/2006 5:45:34 PM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)

If I can get to it, I'll see if I can dig up a copy of Condi's remarks to the Canadians. Or someone else could beat me to it and I wouldn't complain about being beaten.

With the French Minister of the Interior

17 posted on 09/12/2006 5:46:38 PM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)

Thanks! I now have broadband and BOT does it make a difference in how quickly this thread loads!!

I couldln't hear all of Tony's press conference today, but I think I will go see if I can WATCH it with my new toy!!

18 posted on 09/12/2006 5:46:45 PM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look over Mozart Lover's and Jemian's sons and keep them strong.)

Yesterday

Rice mingles with airport workers and volunteers in a hangar at the Halifax International Airport September 11, 2006. Rice arrived in Nova Scotia to thank the Canadian people for their help in welcoming passengers who had their flights diverted to Canada during the September 11 attacks.

Rice addresses a September 11 memorial service at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia September 11

19 posted on 09/12/2006 5:47:13 PM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)

Rice arrives in the Roosevelt Room for a remembrance ceremony at the State Department in Washington, on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the US.

Rice, seen here on 11 September 2006, warned that the international community must learn from past experience and not abandon Afghanistan as it struggles to build a stable democracy.

A Syrian policeman stands guard outside the US embassy in Damascus. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States was grateful for Syria 's response to an attack against the US embassy in Damascus.

20 posted on 09/12/2006 5:47:58 PM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)

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