Posted on 02/25/2008 6:25:24 PM PST by snugs
The President met with Jay Hein, Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives in the Oval Office and then addressed to a meeting of the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room.
The President and the First Lady attended the 2008 Republican Governors Association gala at the National Building Museum where the President gave a speech.
Pray for President Bush - Day - 2713
Today the Vice President is in Dallas Texas, tomorrow he will visit Fort Hood where he will deliver remarks at the III Corps flag uncasing ceremony and then address about 10,000 Fort Hood soldiers at a rally on Cooper Field. Click here for more details.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in South Korea to attend the inauguration of South Korea's new President Lee Myung-bak.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates continues his overseas trip, today he is in Indonesia..
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
QUOTE OF THE DAY
President Bush Meets with National Governors Association
State Dining Room
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. I'm supposed to stall, to wait for the press corps. (Laughter.) Chairman, thanks. Let me see your book there, will you? Mr. Vice Chairman, thank you, sir. Hope you enjoyed last night.
GOVERNOR BLUNT: It was great.
THE PRESIDENT: It was great, yes. It was fun. (Applause.) I am proud to announce to you that Janet Creighton is running the Intergovernmental Affairs Office for us. She looks forward to working with you. I look forward to hearing from you. There's a lot we can do to -- for the next 10 months to work together. I like to tell people I'm going to finish strong, and I want to work with you as I do so.
We share a responsibility to protect our country. I get briefed every morning about threats we face, and they're real. And therefore the question is, what do you do about them? In my judgment, we have got to give the professionals who work hard to protect us all the tools they need. To put it bluntly, if the enemy is calling to America, we really need to know what they're saying. And we need to know what they're thinking. And we need to know who they're talking to.
This is a different kind of struggle than we've ever faced before. It's essential that we understand the mentality of these killers. And so therefore we worked with Congress to protect -- pass the Protect America Act, which everybody knows has expired. And I want to share with you the core of the problem. And the problem is, should companies who are believed to have helped us -- after 9/11 until today -- get information necessary to protect the country, be sued. And my answer is, absolutely not; they shouldn't be sued, for a couple of reasons.
One, it's not fair. Our government told them that their participation was necessary, and it was -- and still is -- and that what we had asked them to do was legal. And now they're getting sued for billions of dollars -- and it's not fair, and it will create doubt amongst private sector folks who we need to help protect us.
Secondly, such lawsuits would require disclosure of information, which will make it harder to protect the country. You can imagine when people start defending themselves, they're going to be asked all kinds of questions about tactics used. Makes absolutely no sense to give the enemy more knowledge about what the United States is doing to protect the American people.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
President Bush, right, kisses his wife first lady Laura Bush, left, after speaking at the 2008 Republican Governors Association gala at the National Building Museum, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, in Washington.
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Hi snugs, thanks for the dose tonight.
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President Bush and Jay Hein, Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, meet about the Quiet Revolution Report, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
President George W. Bush receives a copy of the "Quiet Revolution" report Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, from Jay Hein, Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, during a morning meeting in the Oval Office. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
President Bush addresses the National Governors Association, Monday, feb. 25, 2008, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington.
President George W. Bush speaks to a meeting of the National Governors Association Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, in the State Dining Room of the White House. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
President Bush addresses the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008. From left are: American Samoa Gov. Togiola T.A. Tulafono; Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin; Alabama Gov. Bob Riley; Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty; Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt.
Governors listen as U.S. President George W. Bush speaks to the National Governors Association gathering in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington February 25, 2008. The governors are Gov. Bill Ritter (D-CO) (L), Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) (C) and Gov. Janet Napolitano
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, center, and Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell, left, listen as President Bush, not pictured, addresses the National Governors Association, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, center, flanked by New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, left, and New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, right, listen as President Bush, not pictured, addresses the National Governors Association, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington.
Well, I had been playing spider solitaire and won the game so thought I would check to see if the dose were posted before I went to get in the recliner to read. Was eating a slice of cheesecake with strawberry topping. Yummy!!! I can never eat it at one time.
President Bush, center, talks with governors as he posed with members of the National Governors Association, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, on the North Portico of the White House in Washington.
President Bush poses with state governors during a gathering of the National Governors Association, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, at the North Portico of the White House in Washington.
President George W. Bush participates in a photo opportunity with the National Governors Association Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, on the North Portico steps of the White House. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush (first row, 2nd L) poses with the National Governors Association gathering on the North Portico at the White House in Washington February 25, 2008. From L-R in the first row are: Chairman of the National Governors Association Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN), Bush, Vice Chairman of the National Governors Association Gov. Edward Rendell (D-PA) and Gov. Joe Manchin (D-WVA).
I love his whole faith-based initiative promotion. But what is that green thing in the middle of the room?! It looks more odd than decorative.
President Bush, left, and first lady Laura Bush arrive at the 2008 Republican Governors Association gala at the National Building Museum, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, in Washington
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft, right, is hugged by President Bush, left, on stage at the 2008 Republican Governors Association gala at the National Building Museum, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, in Washington
President Bush, right, walk past former Attorney General John Ashcroft, left, before speaking at the 2008 Republican Governors Association gala at the National Building Museum, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, in Washington.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, right, introduces President Bush, left, at the 2008 Republican Governors Association gala at the National Building Museum, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, in Washington.
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft, right, applauds as President Bush, left, is introduced at the 2008 Republican Governors Association gala at the National Building Museum, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, in Washington.
Oh cheesecake! I WISH i could eat a big slice! Feel free to enjoy another slice for me. (severe lactose issues - sad but true)
President Bush speaks at the 2008 Republican Governors Association gala at the National Building Museum, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, in Washington.
Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft listens to U.S. President George W. Bush speak during the 2008 Republican Governors Association Gala dinner at the National Building Museum in Washington February 25, 2008
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