A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos) 3.29.2004

Yahoo,Reuters,AP | 3.29.2004 | TruthNtegrity

[TruthNtegrity]

Bush presided Monday at a White House ceremony to greet the prime ministers of the new member nations along with NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.

With the addition of Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, NATO's membership grows from 19 countries to 26. The new members will take part in their first meeting Friday in Brussels. Three other nations - Albania, Croatia and Macedonia - hope to join.

NATO has agreed to include the Baltic states under its air defense shield, planning to enforce it by stationing four F-16 fighter planes in Lithuania.

The latest from Yahoo reads as follows:

President Bush welcomed seven former Soviet-dominated nations into NATO as "full and equal partners" on Monday and said the Western alliance was stronger because of their presence.

Under a bright sun on the White House South Lawn, Bush stood with the prime ministers of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Hundreds of people cheered. Some waved flags of the new member nations, whose addition expands the alliance to 26 countries.

A military honor guard carried the flags of the NATO countries.

Fifty-five years after NATO's birth, Bush recalled that the seven new members were "captives to an empire" when the alliance was formed.

[ohioWfan]

That's this coming weekend, and we still need prayer that the details will be worked out so that Eric can go.

[MJY1288]

Well! my two grandsons won't go without hugs from their grandad, they sure havn't so far :-)

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Not too bad today..
Thanks for asking!
My shoulders ache...
Is it true that the Flu "picks a place to settle"?
Ms.B

[ohioWfan]

Julie, YOU are the one who first brought that Psalm to my attention, and I thank you for that.

I typed it up and put it on cardstock paper and gave it to Eric to carry with him..........and he read it often.

He said he would read a Psalm every day before he went out on an escort patrol.

He knows why he has returned unharmed............and so do we.

[ohioWfan]

I'll bet their Granddad is a GREAT hugger, too. :o)

[LadyX]

Praise God for answering our prayers!

Yes - Eric is now a man, and a stronger, more determined Christian one because of the happenings of the past few years.

God is doing an awesome work in many of our men and women who stand in the gap for us all!

[homemom]

Phew! I thought you were doing all that travelling last weekend; prayers will continue that all works out this weekend. :-)

[homemom]

I've never heard that flu "picks a place to settle" but I suppose depending on what strain of virus it is, will affect different parts of your body. When I got the FLU last fall--the BAD flu--my shoulders and back ached so bad I almost cried. I just put warm neck wraps on them all the time. Take it easy!

How's the soup? :-)

[ohioWfan]

Amen, LadyX!

The chaplain even talked about that in our little talk at Campbell.

He suggested we go to church with our soldier..............I think we will. ;o)

[mystery-ak]

I love Eric's shirt...Mike got me several tees, one is a Hard Rock Baghdad......Hope you feel better by this weekend.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

The soup is very nice!
;-)

Warm neck wraps..great idea!
Ms.B

[ohioWfan]

We have NO idea what Eric has gotten for us. It's all up in his room in boxes that we have sworn not to open until he gets home. :o)

I'm already feeling almost better. I'll be all well before the weekend.....which is good, since we're driving 24 hours in two days! UGH!

I hate to ask........but is Mike stateside yet??

[mystery-ak]

I have no idea where Mike is...I haven't heard from him since Sun...he may be at WR...I don't know.....I did get a cuckoo clock from Germany today...he should have traveled US mail...LOL

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Bye for now...
Hope to cacth up with you all later!
Ms.B

[ohioWfan]

So NOW we know what he was doing on that mysterious shopping trip, eh??

I'm sure you'll hear soon.........but it doesn't sound like he'll get to Campbell before Eric leaves, does it?

[mystery-ak]

He has no idea how long he'll be at WR...he has entered what he feared most...the Army medical system.

[homemom]

I could be his private nurse at WR, just to make sure they don't "lose" or "forget" him again . . . (don't worry, I'm not like the nurses in the movies--I wear very modest uniforms :-) )

[ohioWfan]

Not the essence of efficiency, eh? LOL!

Eric said this weekend..... The U.S military is the most amazing and efficient military machine in history.........why can't they get their busses and planes to come on time? :o)

[anniegetyourgun]

Sigh....too bad we aren't really "in charge" of such things! Though, having a daughter makes me more wistful about the old-fashioned "arranged marriages." Mr. Gun, on the other hand, isn't even sure if he'll let her go on a date until she's 30!

[mystery-ak]

From what Mike told me it was a zoo in Kuwait...a big nightmare with troops rotating in and out.

I don't know if I want to hear from Mike, I bet he'll be in a real good mood...not!