Posted on 10/22/2007 6:59:21 PM PDT by snugs
The President and the first lady spent Saturday in Maryland visiting a nature reserve and had lunch with the Vice President and his wife - (See Wolfstar's Sunday ediition of the dose which she prepared yesterday but due to FR being down could not post - This becomes my first post on today's edition.
On Sunday the First Lady travelled to the middle east for a 4 day trip to promote breast cancer awareness.
Today the President met with Mongolia's President Nambaryn Enkhbayar, made a Statement on Iraq, presented the Medal of Honor to Maureen and Daniel Murphy, the parents of Navy Lt. Michael Murphy and this evening attended a Republican Governors Association reception at the Decatur House in Washington. On Saturday in addition to entertaining the President for lunch on Saturday on Sunday the Vice President spoke at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy Weinberg Founders Conference.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice attended and spoke at a conference on U.S. and Soviet relations today at the State Department.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is in Kiev.
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
Thanks for the ping
Vice President Dick Cheney arrives to speak to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy annual Weinberg Founders Conference in Lansdowne, Virginia, 21 October 2007.
Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy Weinberg Founders Conference, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007, in Lansdowne, Va.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) and Turkish Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul (L) shake hands before talks in Kiev October 21, 2007
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) and Turkish Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul (L) meet for talks in Kiev October 21, 2007. Secretary Gates will consider shifting U.S. troops from Kosovo to Afghanistan next year if NATO allies do not fulfil their commitments, U.S. government officials said.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks during a meeting with Ukraine's Defence Minister Anatoly Hrytsenko (not pictured) in Kiev October 21, 2007
Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks to the media after a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Vecdi Gonul, in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 21 2007
First Lady Laura Bush, 2nd left, is received by Emirates Economy Minister Sheika Lubna al-Qassimi , center, as U.S. ambassador in UAE Michele Sison, left, looks on upon her arrival at the airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007. Mrs Bush arrived in Abu Dhabi Sunday at the start of a Middle East tour to highlight the fight against breast cancer.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, talks with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, prior to the start of a conference on U.S. and Soviet relations.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice makes remarks at a conference on U.S. and Soviet relations, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, at the State Department in Washington.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (C) attends a South-Eastern Europe Defence Ministerial (SEDM) meeting in Kiev October 22, 2007
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (C) speaks as U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) and Ukraine's Defence Minister Anatoly Hrytsenko (R) listen during the South-Eastern Europe Defence Ministerial (SEDM) meeting in Kiev October 22, 2007
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (R) greets Turkish Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul (L), Senior State Secretary of Hungary Agnes Vadai (2nd L), SEDM CC/PMSC Chairwoman Radica Gareva (3rd L), U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (C), Minister of Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina Selmo Cikotic (2nd R), Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic Frantisek Kasicky (rear C), and Undersecretary of State of Poland Jacek Kotas (rear 3nd L) during the South-Eastern Europe Defence Ministerial (SEDM) meeting in Kiev October 22, 2007
Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates during press conference South-Eastern Europe Defense Ministerial in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday Oct. 22. 2007
Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks to the media during a press conference for the South-Eastern Europe Defense Ministerial meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday Oct. 22. 2007.
Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko (L) and Defence Minister Anatoly Hrytsenko (2nd L) meet U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) and other officials in Kiev October 22, 2007.
U.S. first lady, Laura Bush, right, talks to Aysha Adel Al Bu Falah during the round table conversation with Young Arab Leaders in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.
U.S. first lady, Laura Bush, centre, with breast cancer survivors Shareefa Sayed Al Hashemi, left, and Nabaweia Hussein Al Zaabi, right, at the Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.
U.S. first lady, Laura Bush, centre, poses before the Pink Majlis conversations with Emarati breast cancer survivors at the Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.
US First Lady Laura Bush on Monday met breast cancer survivors in the United Arab Emirates on a tour to raise awareness of the leading cause of death among women in the United States and Middle East.
U.S. first lady, Laura Bush, left, shakes hands with Dr. Ahmed Al Mazrouei, Chairman and Cheif Executive Officer of Health Authority in Abu Dhabi during a breast cancer campaign at the Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.
t Lady Laura Bush, with Jordan's Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, right, during a breast cancer awareness conference at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry Dubai, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007
U.S. First Lady Laura Bush addresses the audience during a breast cancer awareness conference at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry Dubai, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.
U.S. first lady Laura Bush talks to participants as a security guard watches at a breast cancer awareness conference held at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry during her Middle East tour to highlight the fight against breast cancer October 22, 2007.
hi well done
Great photos. Thanks for hosting the dose
Wow, snugs .. you’ve got to be pooped.
I thought it was huge back when I first
posted. I hadn’t seen the half of it!
Thanks you so much for all your wonderful
work .. ;)
Sanity Island ... more vital than ever!
(Did you see Liz Cheney on Neil Cavuto, I
think, today? She’s out supporting Fred
Thompson .. yay!)
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