Quote of the Day:
President Bush: I want to say something else. There's been a lot of talk in the newspapers and on TV about a program that I put in motion to detain and question terrorists and extremists. I have put this program in place for a reason, and that is to better protect the American people. And when we find somebody who may have information regarding an -- a potential attack on America, you bet we're going to detain them, and you bet we're going to question them -- because the American people expect us to find out information -- actionable intelligence so we can help protect them. That's our job.
Photo of the Day:
President Bush makes a statement on the economy and interrogation policy, Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington.
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President Bush, accompanied by Ed Lazear, Chairman of the Economic Advisers, makes a statement on the economy, Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington.
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8 posted on
10/05/2007 5:33:26 PM PDT by
Kaslin
(The Surge has worked and the li(e)berals know it)
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President George W. Bush discussed the economy with the press Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, in the Oval Office. Pictured with the President are, from left: OMB Director Jim Nussle, CEA Chairman Ed Lazear and NEC Director Al Hubbard.
President Bush: I know that people are concerned whether or not they're going to have enough money to meet their needs. And so my call to the United States Congress is, keep taxes low. If you want this economy continue to grow, and if you want to reinforce the fact that we've got -- entrepreneurship is strong and people are working, don't raise taxes.
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President Bush makes a statement on the economy and interrogation policy, Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington.
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President Bush makes a statement on the economy, Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington.
President Bush: [T]here are highly trained professionals questioning these extremists and terrorists. In other words, we got professionals who are trained in this kind of work to get information that will protect the American people. And by the way, we have gotten information from these high-value detainees that have helped protect you. And finally, the techniques that we use have been fully disclosed to appropriate members of the United States Congress [Democrats]. The American people expect their government to take action to protect them from further attack. And that's exactly what this government is doing, and that's exactly what we'll continue to do.
Thank you very much.
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White House Press Secretary Dana Perino responds to a question, Friday, Oct 5, 2007, in the White House press briefing room in Washington.
From today’s press briefing
Q Dana, why did the President feel the need today to weigh in on the subject of the CIA interrogation program in what was ostensibly to be a statement on the economy? Did he feel that the disclosures about the harsh treatment of detainees were somehow casting the administration in a bad light?…Dana Perino: I think the President today wanted to make sure that, given that there is so much interest, going on two days, that he had an opportunity when he -- when he saw members of the press, that he take that opportunity to remind everybody of -- we are in a war.
One of the things he's really concerned about is that every day that we get farther away from 9/11, that people will start forgetting the threats that we're under, and al Qaeda is very serious, they're very patient. And the best source of information about how they're trying to harm us is from the terrorists themselves. And that's why we created the interrogation program, and it has saved lives.
The excerpt below was almost the Quote of the Day--Go Dana!
Q ….You said there's no shift in policy --Dana Perino: Well, what would make it better, what would make it better, that we should tell everybody exactly what we have?
Q Not everybody -- not everybody.
Dana Perino: You want to know the techniques that we use so we can tell al Qaeda exactly what we're going to do? That's absurd.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates shakes hands with his Peruvian counterpart Allan Wagner at the armed forces headquarters in Lima October 5, 2007.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to Peru Michael McKinley as he attends a ceremony at the armed forces headquarters in Lima October 5, 2007.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates shakes hands with Peruvian military personnel as Peruvian Defense minister Allan Wagner (C) looks on during a ceremony at the armed forces headquarters in Lima October 5, 2007.
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U.S. Commander in Iraq Gen. David Petraeus, left, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, center, talk with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, and an Iraqi translator, second right, during a meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 5, 2007.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki receives a gift from Navy Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Baghdad October 5, 2007.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen meets with Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul Qader in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2007. Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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A late photo from last night.
A likeness of President Bush is seen at the opening night gala of Madame Tussauds Washington, DC in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007.
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ALL CLEAR!
Feel free to post or repost any photos that are related to this thread.
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Great photo of President Bush.
Thank you silent_jonny
25 posted on
10/05/2007 5:57:04 PM PDT by
BARLF
(Who is Huma?)
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Good drawing of Gretchen by the way. Stunning. You are so talented!!
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Re QOTD:
Thank You Pres. B./Troops for protecting me/us/US!!
37 posted on
10/05/2007 6:07:37 PM PDT by
Majie Purple
(I w s l m e t s m a p a/o p a s m o l a/o e i t t l f m...s i c l a o. *Note to self*Can't explain*)
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Thank you for the Dose tonight johnny! what a nice selection of pix.. and how nice to come here & not see either a bunch of trolls in the attack mode or a bunch of “removed” slots, realizing they had been here.
Appreciate the work you & other hosts do every day for us.
110 posted on
10/05/2007 9:23:36 PM PDT by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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