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Today the President, the First Lady and Secretarry of State Condeleza Rice continue their visit to Israel celebrating the 60th anniversary of the creation of the Israeli State. Today they visited the Masada Historic Site, the ancient fortress on a plateau in the desert overlooking the Dead Sea. The President also addressed the Knesset in Jerusalem. They also attended a reception at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem where the President spoke. Pray for President Bush -- Day 2800

US President George W. Bush sits beside Israeli parliament speaker Dalia Yitzik in Jerusalem. White House hopeful Barack Obama has accused Bush of tainting US foreign policy with the "politics of fear" after the US leader implied in Israel that Democrats would appease terrorists. U.S. President George W. Bush (R) listens to Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (L) as he speaks during a special session of the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jerusalem May 15, 2008 U.S. President George W. Bush tours the historic fortress of Masada, Thursday, May 15, 2008, in Israel. Bush and Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and...

OBAMA Bush Israeli Trying To Start Something Thu. May 15, 2008 "In a particularly sharp blast," Pres. Bush told the Israeli Knesset today that Barack Obama and other Dems are in favor of "appeasement" of terrorists in the same way U.S. leaders appeased Nazis (CNN.com, 5/15). Bush: "Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along. We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: 'Lord, if I could only have...

RUSH: The big news today is that George Bush is over in Israel, and in a speech at the Knesset he made some comments about how talking to tyrants is not the way to defeat them. Magic words are not going to convince your enemies to all of a sudden realize they are wrong. He said this is appeasement. The Obama campaign is erupting. They all think it's about them. Puff Daschle went, for him, what is ballistic on Fox today on the phone. I think the Puffster was actually spitting and might have shorted out his phone. Then they...

President Bush said today that 60 years of Israel's existence is cause for optimism for democratic change throughout the Middle East. "What happened here is possible everywhere," Mr. Bush said, opening a trip divided between ceremonial duties and a new push for Israeli-Palestinian peace. The president, trying to hold together peace talks in his waning months in office, said modern Israel gives him a strong example to preach optimism to other nations in the region. "I suspect if you looked back 60 years ago and tried to guess where Israel would be at that time, it would be hard to...

President Bush and Mrs. Bush arrived in Israel to take part in celebrations for the country's 60th anniversary and to inject some momentum into the current peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. TRANSCRIPT OF ARRIVAL SPEECHES

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will tell Israel's parliament on Thursday that letting Iran acquire nuclear weapons would be an "unforgivable betrayal of future generations." "America stands with you in firmly opposing Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions," Bush will tell Israeli legislators on the second day of his visit to the Jewish state, according to an advance copy of a speech he was due to deliver later in the day. Bush was in Israel to celebrate the Jewish state's 60th anniversary and try to shore up the faltering Israeli-Palestinian peace process. In his speech to the Knesset, he planned...

U.S. President George Bush heads to the Middle East Tuesday for a five-day trip to Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns looks at what the president hopes to accomplish. President Bush, 29 Apr 2008 President Bush returns to the region hoping to build on the latest round of Israel-Palestinian peace efforts that he began last year with a conference outside Washington."Today, Palestinians and Israelis each understand that helping the other to realize their aspirations is key to realizing their own aspirations.  Both require an independent, democratic, viable Palestinian state," he said.This two-state solution is the...

For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretaryApril 5, 2008 President's Radio Address   President's Radio Address  Audio  En Español       In Focus: NATOTHE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I'm speaking to you from Europe, where I attended the NATO summit and witnessed the hopeful progress of the continent's youngest democracies. The summit was held in Romania, one of the 10 liberated nations that have joined the ranks of NATO since the end of the Cold War. After decades of tyranny and oppression, today Romania is an important member of an international alliance dedicated to liberty, and it is setting a bold example for other...

ZAGREB, Croatia: U.S. President George W. Bush was warmly welcomed by the government in Croatia on Friday and he praised the ex-Yugoslav country as a trusted ally. But his opponents used the occasion to protest his foreign policies. Bush came to Zagreb from a NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania, where Croatia was invited to join the alliance, one of the government's top goals. "We celebrate your invitation to become one of America's closest allies," Bush said in a toast to President Stipe Mesic. "We're so proud of our relationship," Bush said. Croatia's government sees Bush's two-day visit as a clear...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - President Bush won NATO's endorsement Thursday for his plan to build a missile defense system in Europe over Russian objections. The proposal also advanced with Czech officials announcing an agreement to install a missile tracking site for the system in their country. NATO leaders were adopting a communique stating that "ballistic missile proliferation poses an increasing threat to allied forces, territory and populations." It also will recognize "the substantial contribution to the protection of allies ... to be provided by the U.S.-led system," according to senior American officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of...

President Bush participated with President Victor Yuschenko of the Ukraine in joint Press conference Transcript Presdent Bush met with Ukraine's Prime Minster Yulia Tymoshenko in Kiev Presdent Bush and First Lady Laura Bush visited St Sofia Cathedral in Kiev Secretary of Defense Robert Gates stopped in Copenhagen, Denmark on his way to the NATO meeting in Bucharest, Romania Enoy your visit to Sanity Island

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush vowed on Tuesday to press for Ukraine and Georgia to be allowed to start the process of joining NATO despite resistance from Russia and skepticism from the alliance's European members. Bush, in Kiev on his way to his farewell NATO summit in Romania beginning on Wednesday, said Moscow had no right to veto bids by the two former Soviet republics to join the 26-nation Western defense pact. But French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Paris would oppose giving Kiev and Tbilisi a "Membership Action Plan" -- a roadmap to joining NATO --...

KIEV, Ukraine - Despite Russia's displeasure with NATO's growing ranks, President Bush is encouraging former Soviet republics like Ukraine to join up. Ukraine put on a formal welcoming ceremony for Bush on Tuesday before his meetings with President Viktor Yushchenko at the Presidential Secretariat. The playing of national anthems and parade of high-stepping military men in long, belted dress coats with fur collars was typical of the greetings Bush gets all over the world. But these arrival rites took on particular importance here because of Ukraine's drive to join NATO. Ukrainian officials are determined to showcase the sort of reforms...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush left on Monday for his farewell NATO summit and a final heads-of-state meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin as he tries to salvage a foreign policy legacy frayed by the Iraq war. Seeking to reassert himself on the world stage in the twilight of his term, Bush will press NATO for more troops in Afghanistan, try to keep up momentum in the alliance's eastward expansion and attempt to ease strains with Russia. But with Bush even more unpopular overseas than at home, he could have a hard time swaying world leaders at this...

New NPR ombudsman Alicia Shepard took up a flurry of complaints when veteran news anchor Jean Cochran told listeners President Bush was traveling to Africa, the "dark continent." They insisted NPR was sounding racist:

Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island PHOTO OF THE DAY President George W. Bush embraces a student Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, during an education roundtable at the University of Liberia in Monrovia, Liberia. QUOTE(s) OF THE DAY President's Radio Address ~ February 23, 2008 Critical excerpt: Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell recently explained that the vast majority of the communications infrastructure we rely on in the United States is owned and operated by the private sector. Because of the failure to provide liability protection, he says private companies who have "willingly helped us in the past, are now...

The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, helped President Bush break it down before his return home to the U.S.

President and Mrs. Bush are traveling in Africa. They left on February 15 and will return on February 21. They have already visited Benin, Tanzania and Rwanda. Today they were in Ghana, US President George W. Bush visited the President of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor, at Osu Castle and they held a joint press availability. The President and Mrs. Bush had lunch at the American Embassy with Peace Corps workers. The President and Mrs. Bush then visited the Mallam D/A Primary School. The President attended a T Ball game while they were there. They then visited the International Trade...

W. Bush is the most powerful and controversial man in the world. His every move is watched and critiqued and his every word is avidly transcribed, broadcast, analyzed, mocked and once in a long while even praised. He lives in what could reasonably be considered one of the most all-encompassing media bubbles in the world. But George W. Bush has found a way to get away from it all. He went to Africa.