A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos): 4-27-07

WhiteHouse.gov & other sources ^ | 4-27-07

[silent_jonny]

Today President Bush held a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Camp David. (Transcript)

First Lady Laura Bush spoke at the Salvation Army National Advisory Organizations Conference in Dallas, Texas.

Vice President Dick Cheney delivered a speech in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Mrs. Lynne Cheney met with Mrs. Akie Abe, the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Freer Gallery of Art Friday, in Washington, D.C.

Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

[onyx]

Thanks! This one looks like a happy fellow too!

[onyx]

Got here way too late -— I have to sleep. Good night, Merlinator!!!

[onyx]

hmmm, hmmm, good and not just the ice cream. :0)

[Merlinator]

He does look pleasant. I don’t know too much about him. I hope he is as suportive of our Prez as Koizumo was. His wife is really cute.

[Merlinator]

I’m up way too late too. Thanks for posting the ice cream picture. It’s a delicious thought to end the day with. And I don’t mean the ice cream either LOL

[onyx]

LOL! It’s my favorite photo!!!

I am logging out. Good night, Merlinator!

[SnarlinCubBear]

A day late and a dollar short, but THANKS FOR THE DOSE Jonny.

[DollyCali]

another great job jonny... love this thread.. super busy.. leaving shortly..

and inviting Guenevere over..

[silent_jonny]

I love the photo of the motorcade in the fog!

I thought that would catch your eye :-D

Good to see you, Onyx :)

[silent_jonny]

You’re welcome, SCB :)

[silent_jonny]

Thanks, Dolly :)

[onyx]

Am I too early for the toaster? :0)

Wolfstar might add on to this Dose a little later today...lol

[Wolfstar]

Pinging you to the Saturday evening Dose update. There were some new photos of the President and First Lady. Not many, but the ones available are nice.

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The first couple gave commencement addresses on different coasts today, as President Bush spoke at Miami Dade College Kendall Campus in Miami, Florida, while the First Lady spoke at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. Laura is the second First Lady to deliver the commencement address at Pepperdine, following her mother-in-law Barbara Bush, who was the speaker in 1992.

(Pepperdine is about 23 miles from my house "as the crow flies" across Santa Monica Bay, or about 26 miles if one drives along Pacific Coast Highway.)

Bush predicts change is near for Cuba
By Caren Bohan, Reuters

MIAMI (Reuters) - President Bush took fresh aim on Saturday at Cuba's communist government, calling it a "cruel dictatorship" and predicting that democratic change was near.

The U.S. president's comments came amid signs that Cuban leader Fidel Castro was recovering from an intestinal ailment that has kept him out of the public eye for the past nine months and may soon resume some government duties.

Bush, who has tightened economic sanctions on Havana and boosted aid to dissidents with a goal of hastening the end of Castro's grip on power, said in a commencement speech at Miami Dade College that many Cubans were dreaming of a better life.

"Unfortunately, those dreams are stifled by a cruel dictatorship that denies all freedom in the name of a dark and discredited ideology," Bush said, noting that many people at the graduation had roots in Cuba, which is just 90 miles (140 km) from Florida.

"Some of you still have loved ones who live in Cuba and wait for the day when the light of liberty will shine upon them again," Bush said. "That day is nearing."

[Wolfstar]

PHOTO OF THE DAY: President Bush is applauded as he takes to the stage earlier today to deliver the commencement address at Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus, Miami, Florida.

[Wolfstar]

The Pledge of Allegiance.

President Bush listens to Miami Dade College student body president Christopher Miles before delivering his commencement address.

[Wolfstar]

President Bush addresses the graduating class at Miami Dade College today.

[Wolfstar]

Chancellor Emeritus Charles B. Runnels places a hood on First Lady Laura Bush as she receives Pepperdine's Honorary Doctor of Laws degree during the 2007 Seaver College commencement at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, today.

[ilovew]

hey

[Wolfstar]

First Lady Laura Bush walks with curator of antiquities, Dr. Karol Wight, right, as she visits the Getty Villa Malibu, today.

Mrs. Bush walks with museum director Michael Brand as she visits the Getty Villa Malibu.

[Wolfstar]

ALL CLEAR!