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President George W. Bush participates in a roundtable radio interview concerning Burma Thursday, August 7, 2008, at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Bangkok. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush attends a briefing on the Cyclone Nargis disaster relief efforts in Burma, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Bangkok, being briefed by Olivier Carduner, Mission Director of the USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia, second from right; Bill Berger, Activing Senior Regional Advisor for the USAID Cyclone Nargis Disaster Assistance Response Team, right, and joined by Col. Al Swanda, Chief Joint US Military Group Thailand, left and U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Eric John. The ruling junta in Burma has been hesitant in accepting aid efforts since the disaster, where the cyclone death toll reportly nears 100,000 victims. White House photo by Eric Draper

Mrs. Laura Bush and her daughter Ms. Barbara Bush go over information on the plane as they fly to Thailand on Aug. 7, 2008. The visit highlighted the problems facing the Burmese refugees living inside the Thailand border in nine refugee camps. It has been 20 years since the Aug. 8, 1988 crackdown in Burma. Since 2005 alone, a little over 30,000 Burmese have moved to the United States to find a home and escape the dire conditions. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

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Mrs. Laura Bush is greeted as she prepares to enter a school at the Mae La Refugee Camp in Mae Sot, Thailand, where an English grammar class is being taught. Her Aug. 7, 2008 visit to the camp which houses at least 39,000 Burmese refugees, highlighted the plight of a people who have struggled since the Aug. 8, 1988 crackdown that created dire conditions in their country 20 years ago. Many have moved on to the United States or other countries such as Canada, New Zealand or the Netherlands. Mrs. Bush encouraged other countries to help the Burmese as well. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

Mrs. Laura Bush watches as an English student works at the chalkboard of a grammar class at the Mae La Refugee Camp in Mae Sot, Thailand, on Aug. 7, 2008. The English lesson on the chalkboard uses the sentence to discuss compound sentence structure: "My life in refugee is better than Burma but I don't have opportunity to go outside of my camp. The visit to the camp in Mae Sot, Thailand, highlighted the fact that it has been 20 years since the crackdown in Burma that sent many people fleeing the dire conditions. Many residents have been born in one of the nine camps along the border or have lived most of their lives there. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

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Thank you both for all your work on the dose tonight. There were some great pictures. I especially like that last one of Laura and Barbara on the plane. The lighting is striking.