Posted on 07/17/2006 6:36:54 PM PDT by snugs
The President and the first lady spent the weekend in in Russian where the President was attending the G8 Conference which concluded today.
Today the President attended the sumit and also had some side line meetings.
They arrived back in Washington this afternoon
The Vice President attended a Fund Raiser on Friday for state Sen, Ray Meier, in Utica, N.Y.
Today the Vice President spoke at a luncheon fund raiser for Jeff Lamberti, GOP candidate in the 3rd Congressional District, at the Wakonda Club in Des Moines, Iowa.
Today the Vice President also spoke to and met National Guard troops during a visit to Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
Thanks snugs I was waiting for FR to come back on
& once it did I went straight to forum
instead of waiting for the ping today.
LOL!
Figured t'would take folks awhile to check & see if FR was on-line.
I was correct!
:)
Yay!
Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Lyudmila Putina are greeted by a traditional Russian Folk group as they arrive at the Podvoriye Restaurant Saturday, July 15, 2006, in St. Petersburg, Russia. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Laura Bush (R) and the wife of the Russian President Lyudmila Putina look at a book during their visit to Pavlovsk Palace outside St Petersburg July 15, 2006.
Good Evening snugs, Thanks for the "Dose"\
President George W. Bush, left, waves to members of the press as he cycles with U.S. Secret Services agents and others in the grounds of the G8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia
Thanks for the WOO HOO!
:)
; )
I thought it was a very apt photo lovely one of the first couple plus a photo that all will be pleased to see them back on home soil safe and sound.
My pleasure Mike - did you enjoy the film on Friday - what did you see?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667378/posts?q=1&&page=51
Bump that snugs. Thank God, they're home.
Superman, I hated it :-)
I love that photo of the day, too. Can I get it on a toaster?
President George W. Bush drives his electric GEM car to a meeting during the G8 Summit at Konstantinvosky Palace Complex in Strelna, Russia, July 16, 2006. Each of the G8 leaders is provided with a car that is decorated with the flag of the leader's nation. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush hops out of his golf cart after driving it himself to the first session of the G8 Summit at the Konstantinovsky Palace complex in St Petersburg, Russia, July 16, 2006
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, greets U.S. President George Bush during arrivals for the first negotiating session at the G8 Summit in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday July 16, 2006
The G8 leaders pose of a photograph at Konstantinvosky Palace in Strelna, Russia, Sunday, July 16, 2006. From left, they are: Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi; German Chancellor Angela Merkel; British Prime Minister Tony Blair; French President Jacques Chirac; Russian President Vladimir Putin; President George W. Bush; Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi; Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper; Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen; and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. White House photo by Paul Morse
Mrs. Laura Bush participates in a tour of Peterhof Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, July 16, 2006. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Wouldn't you just love to know what they are talking about? :)
If I was getting the toaster today that definitely would be my choice, too! :) Excellent decision, Kate!
President George W.Bush, right, drives an electric cart through pouring ran, as he arrives for the final working session at the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday July 17, 2006
An American delegation staff member peers out from a cart in the rain to watch U.S. President George W. Bush driving his own cart to a meeting between G8 leaders and outreach leaders at the G8 Summit in St Petersburg, Russia July 17, 2006
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shakes hands with President Bush at the start of a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G8 Summit in St Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2006
President George W. Bush goes to his seat before the G8 summit meeting in Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg July 17, 2006
The important thing is did the boys enjoy it though :0)
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