From today’s press briefing with Press Secretary Dana Perino.
Q Dana, on that, the President has said numerous times that he's sprinting to the finish in these final days and weeks. On that point, then, when's the last time he was working the phones on this situation?Dana: President Bush every morning is working with his intel advisors, and obviously works with Steve Hadley every morning at 7:00 a.m., and Secretary Rice and he talk several times a day. And we keep you updated when appropriate on phone calls; we don't read all of them out to you.
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Q You still say that the President's last public appearance is going to be the speech to the nation tomorrow night?
Dana: Yes.
Q What's he doing the rest of the time? I mean, he's going to Camp David, obviously. What's he doing in -- the rest of the time in private?
Dana: I'll see if I can -- it's private time, but he'll have things that he needs to do around here, meetings with staff, a goodbye lunch with the senior staff on Friday, and, you know, some calls that -- some requests for calls from world leaders that I think will take place between now and then. And we'll provide you an update on those if appropriate.
Q Any packing going on?
Dana: A lot of the packing is done. Mrs. Bush is very organized and she has a lot of the books -- most of what they have to take back are the books that they have, and obviously their clothes, but a lot of those books have already made their way -- are at least on their way to Texas. So he hasn't had to do a lot of packing himself.
Q And is anything special going on at Camp David this weekend?
Dana: Let me find out for you. I know that they wanted to spend one more weekend at Camp David. It is a place that they have thoroughly enjoyed. They love having their family there, they've spent a lot of special moments there, and it's a good place to get away from Washington, D.C. I think that it will probably be really cold up there this weekend, but he loves to be able to go up there and he can ride his mountain bike as well, and just spend a little bit of quiet time. Let me see if I can get a guest list for you. I don't know -- I don't think it's too extensive; I'll find out.
White House Press Secretary Dana Perino, right, takes some time for some farewell pictures with staff and members of the press corps, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, in the White House pressroom in Washington after her daily briefing. With Perino is Ginny Vicario of ABC.
