"Social Security is one of the greatest achievements of the American government, and one of the deepest commitments to the American people," said President George W. Bush during his announcement of a Presidential Commission for Social Security in the Rose Garden May 2, 2001. As the commission's new co-chairman Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York applauds the signing of the executive order, President Bush gives the pen he used to the otherco-chairman Richard D. Parsons, Co-Chief Operating Officer of AOL Time Warner. White House photo by Eric Draper.
President George W. Bush lowers his head in prayer between Shirley Dobson, left, and Rev Wintley Phipps during a reading of "Our Nations Prayer" at the White House reception for the 50th Anniversary of the National Day of Prayer. May 2, 2001. WHITE HOUSE PHOTO BY ERIC DRAPER