A Day in the Life of President Bush (news and photos): 01-19-09

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Today is the last full day that George W Bush spent in the White House as President he telephoned current and former world leaders from Oval Office.

Also in his last full day as President he commuted the sentences of two former US border guards facing more than 10 years in prison for shooting a Mexican drug smuggler.

Secretary of Defense Roberts Gates will will sit out Barack Obama's inauguration at an undisclosed location as the "designated successor" in the event of a catastrophe, the White House announced Monday.

Pray for President Bush - Day 3050.

Enjoy Sanity Island on the President's last full day in office

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QUOTE OF THE DAY
Taken from the first Inaugural Address 20th January 2001 how poignant this words turned out to be and may we be for ever grateful to him that he was true to his word. "We will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors. "

PHOTOS OF THE DAY

President George W. Bush calls current and former world leaders from the Oval Office during his final full day in office at the White House in Washington January 19, 2009

[Bahbah]

Oh snugs, I’m teary.

[defconw]

Me too!

[STARWISE]

;)

[STARWISE]

Me 3 ...

[STARWISE]

Yay for you, Bah!

[Bahbah]

Hey, deffie.

Where are we going to gather?

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Dose going up on the final full day in office for the President

[Bahbah]

:(

[A.Hun]

We’re in for a tough time, and I’m sure going to miss the President looking out for us.

He is one of the finest men to ever occupy the Oval Office.

Thank you President Bush!

Thank you too snugs and all the patriots that have supported him so strongly over the last eight years.

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In this Jan. 17, 2007 file photo former U.S. Border Patrol agent Jose Alonso Compean, center, walks hand-in-had with his wife, Patty, right, and lawyer, Mary Stillinger, as he arrives to surrender to federal authorities at the federal courthouse in El Paso, Texas. President George W. Bush on Monday, Jan. 19, 2008 commuted Compean's prison sentence, whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer ignited fierce debate about illegal immigration

In this Oct. 19, 2006 file photo, former U.S. Border Patrol agent Ignacio Ramos, center, leaves the U.S. Federal Courthouse with his wife, Monica Ramos, in El Paso, Texas. In his final acts of clemency, President George W. Bush on Monday commuted the prison sentences of two former U.S. Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer ignited fierce debate about illegal immigration

[RobFromGa]

we’ll miss him,

[ConorMacNessa]

Is this thread stopping after tomorrow?

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President George W. Bush calls current and former world leaders from the Oval Office during his final full day in office at the White House in Washington January 19, 2009

[dfwgator]

I haven’t been very much of a Bush fan lately, but I am very sad today. Bush is a good man, who has faced adversity, and some of the harshest and meanest opposition, but always faced it with class. I hope history is kind to him.

Now is not the time for criticism, but simply for us to say, “Thank you Mr. President for all you’ve done.”

[mrs tiggywinkle]

God bless President Bush.

There seems to be a lump in my throat.

[defconw]

Well I am working tomorrow.... so Levin lounge for licking of wounds?

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Today we have seen much in the news both sides of the pond of the President elect painting a boy's dorm as a example of service that is encouraged today in honour of Martin Luther King. Yet never once was mentioned that the outgoing President has always marked this day either at church service or visiting some centre in honour of Martin Luther King, following are photos showing these events.

Proclaiming a holiday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., President George W. Bush receives a portrait of the civil rights leader from his wife and children in the East Room Jan. 21, 2002. Photographed from left to right are Coretta Scott King, the President, Rev. Bernice King and Martin Luther King III. WHITE HOUSE PHOTO BY TINA HAGER

Greeting 6-year-old Natalie Jenkins, President George W. Bush and Laura Bush meet Pastor John K. Jenkins, Sr.'s family at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Landover, Md., Monday, Jan. 20, 2003. The church holds an annual service celebrating the legacy and life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. White House photo by Eric Draper

Celebrating the national observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, President George W. Bush and Laura Bush attend services at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Landover, Md., Monday, Jan. 20. 2003. White House photo by Susan Sterner

President George W. Bush prays during a church service honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Landover, Md., Jan. 20, 2003. "It is fitting that we honor this great American in a church because, out of the church comes the notion of equality and justice," said the President in his remarks. White House photo by Eric Draper.

[Bahbah]

I am so glad those two men are going home to their families.

Thank you, President Bush.

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Secretary of State Colin Powell and his wife Alma are accompanied by President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush while the Powell's received the John Thompson Legacy of a Dream Award from Georgetown University during the University's "Let Freedom Ring" celebration honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, January 17, 2005