A U.S. Marine salutes as President George W. Bush waves from the steps of Marine One helicopter as he departs the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008, to spend the Christmas holiday at the Camp David presidential retreat.
U.S. President George W. Bush waves before departing the White House in Washington for the Presidential retreat at Camp David in Maryland for the Christmas holiday, December 23, 2008.
US President George W. Bush talks to reporters after visiting wounded veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC on December 22. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged Monday that the Bush administration fell short of goals it had set for itself but maintained that history would prove it right.
Weeks before leaving her job as a globe-trotting chief US diplomat Condoleezza Rice, seen here during an interview at the State Department in Washington, DC, said Monday she is looking for a new home near Stanford University in northern California.