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US President George W. Bush arrives on the South Lawn after a trip to North Carolina, at the White House in Washington, December 2, 2008>

U.S. President George W. Bush walks from the South Lawn to the Oval Office as he returns from an event in North Carolina to the White House in Washington, December 2, 2008.

President George W. Bush walks to the Oval Office, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, as he returns from a trip to attend the Roundtable on Mentoring Children of Prisoners Initiative in Greensboro, N.C

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Former President George Bush speaks at a news conference as surgeon Dr. Pat Reardon, left, listens Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008 at the Houston hospital where his wife Barbara has spent a week after surgery for a perforated ulcer. She was released Tuesday morning.

Former President George Bush leaves a news conference Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008 at the Houston hospital where his wife Barbara has spent a week after surgery for a perforated ulcer. Surgeon Dr. Pat Reardon stands left.