Posted on 04/26/2007 5:35:56 PM PDT by snugs
Today the President and Mrs. Bush Met with the 2007 National and State Teachers of the Year at the White House.
The President and the First Lady also met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Oslo to attend a NATO's foreign ministers meeting.
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
QUOTE OF THE DAY
President and Mrs. Bush Meet with 2007 National and State Teachers of the Year
Rose Garden
MRS. BUSH: Congratulations, Andrea. Congratulations to you. Congratulations to all our Teachers of the Year.
Today as we celebrate your accomplishments, we honor excellent teachers across our nation for their dedication and hard work. I know the characteristics of great teachers. You have extraordinary energy and enthusiasm and superb organizational skills. School people are "people people." You have the ability to interact and respect hundreds of different personalities every single day.
Across our country, excellent teachers show children that there's an adult who cares about them, respects them, and believes in them. It's a lesson that stays with students for a lifetime.
Now I'd like to introduce someone I know who cares for, respects, and believes in our teachers: Ladies and gentlemen, my husband, George W. Bush. (Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: She forgot to add "and loves a teacher." (Laughter.) I made a good move when I married a teacher, and Laura and I are honored to welcome you here to the Rose Garden. Thanks for coming and thanks for teaching.
This is a special day for all who care deeply about education, because we fully understand that without a good teacher it's hard to achieve national goals and objectives. And so the Teacher of the Year ceremony is a chance to pay homage to some really fine public servants and great Americans, so we welcome you.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
President George W. Bush is joined by Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and Mrs. Laura Bush as they congratulate the 2007 National Teacher of the Year, Andrea Peterson, during ceremonies Thursday, April 26, 2007, in the Rose Garden. Mrs. Peterson is a music teacher at Monte Cristo Elementary School in Granite Falls, Washington. White House photo by Eric Draper
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Andrea Peterson of Granite Falls, Wash., the 2007 National Teacher of the Year, right, walks with President Bush, left, and first Lady Laura Bush, center, into the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 26, 2007, for the start of a ceremony honoring Peterson
President Bush kisses first Lady Laura Bush in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 26, 2007, during a ceremony honoring the 2007 National Teacher of the Year
Virginia Teacher of the Year Susan Evans, who graduated from Virginia Tech, wipes away tears as U.S. President George W. Bush remembers the teachers killed in the Virginia Tech shooting during a 2007 National Teacher of the Year ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington April 26, 2007
President Bush, left, shakes hands with Andrea Peterson of Granite Falls, Wash., the 2007 National Teacher of the Year during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 26, 2007
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings (R) and first lady Laura Bush (L) join U.S. President George W. Bush (2nd L) as he honors the 2007 National Teacher of the Year Andrea Peterson (2nd R) of Granite Falls, Washington, at a ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 26, 2007
Andrea Peterson of Granite Falls, Wash., the 2007 National Teacher of the Year, second from right, poses with, from left, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, President Bush and first Lady Laura Bush, right, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 26, 2007, during a ceremony honoring Peterson.
Happy Dose, all .......... thanks, snugs.
President Bush, right, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, outside the Blair House, across the street from the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 26, 2007. First lady Laura Bush is at center.
President Bush, second from right, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, second from left, his wife Akie Abe, left, and first lady Laura Bush, right, pose for photographs outside the Blair House, across the street from the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 26, 2007.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd L) and his wife Akie Abe (L) enter the Blair House with U.S. President George W. Bush (2nd R) and his wife Laura Bush before a social dinner in Washington D.C., April 26, 2007
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From left, first lady Laura Bush, Akie Abe, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, and President Bush, walk to the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 26, 2007.
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and his wife Akie are welcomed by U.S. President George W. Bush (R) outside of the White House in Washington, April 26, 2007
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