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President George W. Bush (news - web sites) holds his dog Barney after the White House pet walked in unexpectedly and startled some Washington area schoolchildren during a reading of a Christmas story in the Roosevelt Room December 17, 2002. Bush exchanged winks and jokes with the nearly 60 school children gathered in the Roosevelt Room as first lady Laura Bush read from 'The Night before Christmas.' (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)