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President Bush met with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, and South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki in the Oval Office; and spoke via phone with Egypt's President Muburak. This evening he and Mrs. Bush are dining with the Colin Powell's at the Powell residence. Vice President Dick Cheney delivered the commencement address at the Air Force Academy graduation in Colorado. Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld held a press conference with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Myers. Link to text. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island!

President Bush honored Colin and Alma Powell at a "Let Freedom Ring" celebration, as the nation observes Martin Luther King's birthday. The Powells received the John Thompson Legacy of a Dream Award from Georgetown University. Inaugural information Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island!

Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State, has revealed his personal involvement in the fight against Aids, describing in an interview to be broadcast today how he and his wife Alma help to educate young girls in Washington about sexual abstinence. Mr Powell drew on his personal experience to defend plans to spend one third of the $15bn (£8.8bn) the US has pledged to the global fight against Aids on abstinence projects. Mr Powell also repeated his view that Aids was a matter of "national security" and "more than a health problem". He was interviewed by the BBC World Service...