A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos): 10.12.05

yahoo.com, whitehouse.gov ^ | Wednesday October 12, 2005 | GretchenM

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QUOTE: "Aleksander has helped advance the cause of peace by advancing the cause of freedom. He has served as a mentor for new democracies in the neighborhood. He has proven that you can be a friend to the United States and a loyal member of the EU at the same time. We have worked hard together to improve the lots of both our peoples."

Bush with Polish President Kwasniewski

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Dose going up.

Please wait to post or repost photos till the All Clear. Thanks!

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President Bush meets with Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, his final visit to the White House as leader of his country. During Kwasniewski's two five-year terms in office, covering the presidencies of Bill Clinton and Bush, the former Warsaw Pact nation joined NATO and the European Union and established close ties with Washington.

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President Bush points to Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski -- complimenting him on his recent weight loss

[Bahbah]

Ahhh, thank you

[OldFriend]

So happy to be here. Blessings to all.

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Listening to a reporter's question

Bush and Poland's President Aleksander Kwasniewski look toward the Washington Monument as they stand together on the Truman Balcony at the White House

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Director-General of the World Health Organization Dr. Lee Jong-wook, and U.S. Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, Paula J. Dobriansky, address the media during a press conference at the American Embassy Oct. 12, 2005 in Singapore. Lee and U.S. Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, Paula J. Dobriansky, are visiting the region following President Bush's announcement of the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza in September this year. The U.S. government has affirmed a global commitment in the fight against avian influenza and to working together to minimize the effects of the potential threat of a pandemic.

[GretchenM]

Hi Bahbah and congratulations!

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Rice took a short break away stop from her scheduled trip to central Asia to pay a visit in Islamabad and said the United States will provide more aid to help Pakistan recover from a killer earthquake.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz shakes hands with the visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice prior to their meeting in Islamabad.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz escorts U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the prime minister's house in Islamabad

[Bahbah]

Thanks, Gretchen. I needed that :)

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Visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri during a press conference in Islamabad. She made a surprise visit to Pakistan to personally offer condolences and aid to Pakistan after its devastating earthquake.

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During a press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential palace in Kabul.

In Afghanistan

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Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz meets with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the prime minister's house in Islamabad October 12, 2005. The official toll from Saturday's quake remains at 23,000 dead and 51,000 injured in Pakistan, and 1,200 deaths on the Indian side of the border, called the Line of Control.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz meets with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the prime minister's house in Islamabad.

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf with Rice in Islamabad October 12.

[luvie]

Thanks for the Dose tonight, Gretchen! The pictures so far are great! Love the two close-ups! Oh...the look he gave that reporter!

The Polish president is a very nice looking man---and a wonderful ally! Thanks to him for being there for us...as we will be for him should he need it!

[GretchenM]

Rumsfeld after a news conference with Honduras Minister of Defense Federico Breve Travieso at the U.S. and Central America Ministers Conference on Security and Economic Opportunity in Key Biscayne, Fla. This is the first meeting at the ministerial level of U.S. and Central American officials after the ratification of the Central American Free Trade Agreement by the U.S. Congress.

Rumsfeld with Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense Eric Ruff, left; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere Roger Pardo-Maurer, right; and El Salvador Minister of Defense Major General Otto Alejandro Romero Orellana, second from left.

(L-R) Panama Minister of Government and Justice Hector Bolivar Aleman Estevez, Guatemala Minister of Defense Maj. Gen. Carlos Humberto Aldana Villanueva, Nicaragua Minister of Defense Avil Ramirez Valdivia, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Honduras Minister of Defense Federico Breve Travieso, El Salvador Minister of Defense Maj. Gen. Otto Alejandro Romero Orellana, Costa Rica Minister of Public Security, Government and Police Rogelio Vicente Ramos Martinez and Belize Minister of Home Affairs and Public Utilities Ralph Fonseca

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Rumsfeld with Honduras Defense Minister Federico Breve

Hmmm - kinda reminds me not of Sandy Berger at the National Archives.
"U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, left, reads a document during the U.S. and Central America Ministers Conference on Security and Economic Opportunity, as Panama Minister of Government and Justice Hector Bolivar Aleman, right, looks on."

[newfrpr04]

Thanks for the post. Our President is looking better. The one where he looking to the right, and that little smirk, wonder what he was thinking.

JUST A REMINDER TO ALL CALIFORNIA FREEPERS, WE ARE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF TEXAS-FREEPATHON.

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Rumsfeld speaks at the conference

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Rumsfeld talks to a member of the press during a break

Rumsfeld as he leaves a plenary conference

Talking to the troops at MacDill AFB 10.11.05 ("Steady on!")

U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld laugh as he listens to a question from a service member during a town hall meeting Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 11, 2005, at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.