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A Day In The Life of President Bush (in photos) - 2-16-08
White House website, Misc. news sites ^ | 2-16-08 | Starwise

Posted on 02/16/2008 3:25:45 PM PST by STARWISE

Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

The President, First Lady and their party are on a five-country African visit, until Feb. 21, 2008. Click on the banner below for further background and details.

Press Briefing by Ambassador Jendayi Frazer (aboard Air Force One)

Excerpt:

I think that it's important to know that our -- that we have a major initiative that's intended to build the capacity of Africans, themselves, to respond to conflict. That's the Global Peace Operations Initiative.

It's called GPOI. And that was an initiative that the President pushed the administration to develop. It started in 2005. It provides $660 million over five years to train 75,000 peacekeepers worldwide, with a focus on Africa.

To date, we've trained about 39,000 Africans in peacekeeping, and also equip them. And of the Africans deployed around the world in peacekeeping operations -- of which the majority are, again, Africa -- 80 percent have been trained by the United States. So we think that this is a major contribution to conflict resolution on the continent.

PHOTO(s) OF THE DAY

U. S. President George W. Bush right is greeted by Tanzania's President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, left, on his arrival to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008. Bush spent three hours in Benin, the first U.S. president to visit the West African country, before flying to Tanzania where he will stay three nights

An image of U.S. President George W. Bush is shown on the dresses of Tanzanian women as they await the arrival of Bush at Julius Nyerere Airport in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, February 16, 2008. (( I WANT THAT FABRIC ! )

According to the itinerary released by the White House, Bush and his wife Laura will land in Benin Saturday to begin the trip. After a brief stop, he then heads to Tanzania.

During his visit, Bush is expected to visit hospitals, schools, AIDS and malaria projects.

In Tanzania, he will sign the biggest ever grant of 698 million U.S. dollars to fund water, energy and infrastructure.

Previously, Bush administration officials said the trip is aimed to show the caring side of the U.S. policy towards Africa.

"The trip will be an opportunity to demonstrate America's commitment to the people of these countries and to Africa as a whole," White House National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley told reporters Thursday.

Analysts said the trip focused on a number of strategic issues and all the countries on his itinerary are related to U.S. strategic interests.

Geopolitical interests will also play a role in the trip, including the newly-formed U.S. Africa command (AFRICOM).

QUOTE(s) OF THE DAY

President's Radio Address ~ February 16, 2008

Good morning. At the stroke of midnight tonight, a vital intelligence law that is helping protect our nation will expire.

Congress had the power to prevent this from happening, but chose not to.

The Senate passed a good bill that would have given our intelligence professionals the tools they need to keep us safe. But leaders in the House of Representatives blocked a House vote on the Senate bill, and then left on a 10-day recess.

Some congressional leaders claim that this will not affect our security. They are wrong. Because Congress failed to act, it will be harder for our government to keep you safe from terrorist attack.

At midnight, the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence will be stripped of their power to authorize new surveillance against terrorist threats abroad.

This means that as terrorists change their tactics to avoid our surveillance, we may not have the tools we need to continue tracking them -- and we may lose a vital lead that could prevent an attack on America.

In addition, Congress has put intelligence activities at risk even when the terrorists don't change tactics. By failing to act, Congress has created a question about whether private sector companies who assist in our efforts to defend you from the terrorists could be sued for doing the right thing.

Now, these companies will be increasingly reluctant to provide this vital cooperation, because of their uncertainty about the law and fear of being sued by class-action trial lawyers.

For six months, I urged Congress to take action to ensure this dangerous situation did not come to pass. I even signed a two-week extension of the existing law, because members of Congress said they would use that time to work out their differences. The Senate used this time productively -- and passed a good bill with a strong, bipartisan super-majority of 68 votes. Republicans and Democrats came together on legislation to ensure that we could effectively monitor those seeking to harm our people. And they voted to provide fair and just liability protection for companies that assisted in efforts to protect America after the attacks of 9/11.

The Senate sent this bill to the House for its approval. It was clear that if given a vote, the bill would have passed the House with a bipartisan majority. I made every effort to work with the House to secure passage of this law. I even offered to delay my trip to Africa if we could come together and enact a good bill. But House leaders refused to let the bill come to a vote. Instead, the House held partisan votes that do nothing to keep our country safer. House leaders chose politics over protecting the country -- and our country is at greater risk as a result.

House leaders have no excuse for this failure. They knew all along that this deadline was approaching, because they set it themselves.

My administration will take every step within our power to minimize the damage caused by the House's irresponsible behavior. Yet it is still urgent that Congress act. The Senate has shown the way by approving a good, bipartisan bill. The House must pass that bill as soon as they return to Washington from their latest recess.

At this moment, somewhere in the world, terrorists are planning a new attack on America. And Congress has no higher responsibility than ensuring we have the tools to stop them. Thank you for listening.

Bush Says Congress Putting US In Danger

~~~

((US House of Representatives, Switchboard #: (202) 224-3121))

Please
Pray for President Bush ~~ Day 2711

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; benin; bush; bushvisit; condirice; dailydose; laurabush; presbush; sanityisland; tanzania; whitehouse
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To: STARWISE

Hi! What a great Dose. Beautiful pictures. Gosh the people seem so enthusiastic. They must not read our MSM! If only this wonderful President had better press he could have accomplished so much of his ideas.
Praying for President Bush and Laura’s safety during this trip.


41 posted on 02/16/2008 8:20:45 PM PST by mojo114
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To: STARWISE

The sad thing is that Bela is convinced that she’s absolutely right, and that everyone who disagrees with her is wrong. She won’t be moved from her position unless something truly drastic happens like a nuke on DC or something. But I guess even that wouldn’t work because she’d never blame herself or her fellow Democrats for not having allowed the intelligence work to be done; it would STILL be Bush’s fault.


42 posted on 02/16/2008 9:14:55 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: NordP
..tanzanite ;-)

Clevah gal!

43 posted on 02/16/2008 9:17:02 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: DrDeb

I want one of those dresses!!

Me too ! LOL

Our President gets more respect in other countries then in his own.


44 posted on 02/16/2008 9:25:01 PM PST by angcat (NY Yankees Spring is in the air!)
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To: STARWISE

thank you STARWISE... great Photos & great Thread. He is having fun with the attnetion & cheers (quite difft than the press & congress)

appreciate your work & hope all are having a great weekend


45 posted on 02/16/2008 9:47:19 PM PST 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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To: STARWISE

I’m a
fabriholic .. the fabric ..LOL.

((((

Oh no! Another recognized addiction to add to my list of weaknesses! I just rented a storage unit so I would have a place to store my “maybe, someday” fabrics.


46 posted on 02/17/2008 4:43:37 AM PST by maica (Romney '08)
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To: STARWISE; snugs

I do too, and I would like this for my toaster picture

47 posted on 02/17/2008 6:37:36 AM PST by Kaslin (Peace is the aftermath of victory)
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To: DollyCali

You’re welcome, DC .. hope you and Mom are well .. ;)


48 posted on 02/17/2008 9:34:59 AM PST by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: maica

LOL .... yard and yards like me, I’m sure .. ;)


49 posted on 02/17/2008 9:35:29 AM PST by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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