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Today the President campaigned for Don Sherwood and George Allen. The First Lady spoke at the Preserve America Summit at the U.S. Custom House in New Orleans Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on her Asian trip had meetings in Japan and Korea. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld attended U.S. Southern Command change of command ceremony in Miami, Florida. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

The President and first lady spent the weekend at Camp David but also attended a dedication ceremony of the Air Force Memorial along with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. The President also made remarks regarding North Korea on the White House lawn before returning to Camp David on Saturday after the dedication ceremony. The President and the First Lady returned to the White House on Sunday afternoon along with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice who also spent time at Camp David this weekend. Today the President met with Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in the Oval Office Today the...

Today the President met with Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan in the Oval Office He later left fpr a trip to St. Louis and Chicago. The president will campaign with House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Ill. and help two Illinois Republicans in tough races The First Lady participated in a fundraiser for Rep. Chris Chocola, R-Ind and a tree planting ceremony for the Enterprise 50 Million Tree Pledge in St. Louis, Missouri The Vice President also was on the campaign trail Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Hungary's Foreign Minister Dr. Kinga Goncz, at the State Department and also...

This weekend the President and the First Lady attended the Christening Ceremony of the George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in Newport News, Virginia on Saturday and as it their usual practice when at the White House on Sunday attended the morning Service at St John's. Today the President made a statement from Diplomatic Room at the White House regarding North Korea's announcement of a nuclear test. Last Friday the Vice President continued his heavy schedule of Republican Fund Raisers. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

Today the President attended a 'No Child Left Behind' event at Woodridge Elementary and Middle Campus in Washington. He also met with National Commander of the American Legion Paul A. Morin, of Chicopee, Mass., in the Oval Office The Vice President has had a busy 3 days fund raising and visiting US troops Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Iraq today Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld met with Croatian Defense Minister Berislav Roncevic at the Pentagon The First Lady joned her second-grade teacher Charlene Gnagy at a press conference in New York in support of TeachersCount,...

The President spent the weekend at Camp David returning to the White House on Sunday. The First Lady hosted an authors breakfast in the East Room at the White House on Saturday. Today the President met with his Special Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios and Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and he and the First Lady planted an Elm Tree to replace the one that blew down in June. The First Lady introduced the rose named after her. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Saudia Arabia at the start of her middle east visit. Secretary of Defense Donald...

Today the President visited Republican Senators on Capitol Hill and afterwards spoke to the media He then travelled to Ala and Ohio for campaigning for Republican candidates. The First Lady was in Michigan campaigning as well Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

The President and first lady spent the weekend in Washington and as usual attended St John's on Sunday. Today the President had a meeting with business leaders on the Lebanon Private Sector Initiative in the Oval Office afterwhich he went to Connecticut and Ohio to speak on the economy and to support GOP candiates in the November mid term elections. Today the Vice President attended a GOP Fund Raiser in Milwaukee and then went to Michigan to attend a dinner reception for Michael Bouchard, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate he also spoke to members of the Michigan National Guard....

Yesterday the President participated in 9/11 ceromonies in New York including attending a memorial service. Today he attended a ceremony at the Fort Pitt Firehouse on the lower east side of Manhattan afterwhich he travelled to Shanksville, Pennsylvania to lay a wreath at the Flight 93 crash site. He and the First Lady then went to the Pentagon to lay another wreath at the crash site there as in Shanksville the President and first lady met with families of those who lost their lives after the wreath laying ceremony. Yesterday the Vice President appeared on the Meet the Press. Today...

The president met with the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in the Oval Office. He gave a speech in Washington, DC, on his national strategy to combat terrorism. Bush nominated Mary Peters, a former Federal Highway administrator, to replace Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta. Our intrepid Secretary of Defense faced the surgeon's knife today, having successful arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff (left shoulder). Eric Ruff, the Pentagon press secretary, said Rumsfeld's cuff tear was caused by "an old athletic injury." Rumsfeld wrestled in college and is an avid squash player. ohioWfan and I exchanged days...

The President returned to White House (along with the dogs) on Sunday after 10 days based in Crawford. Today he and the Vice President had meetings at the Department of Defense and the State Department. The First Lady attended a GOP Fund Raiser for Congressional candidate state Sen. Peter Roskam in in Addison, Ill The President also signed H.R. 5683, to preserve the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, Calif Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

The President toured a collection of border patrol and national guard assets in McAllen and then visted border patrol agents and troops in Mission, Texas giving a speech in Anzalduas County Park Texas after which he was due to go to his ranch in Texas to spend the next 9-10 days before returning to Washington. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (C) testifies to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Iraq, Afghanistan and the War on Terror Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

The president met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal at the White House. He traveled to Ohio to attend a fundraiser for Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell. Here are some more details from the doctors' report after W's physical exam yesterday, such as "Doctors treated a small precancerous lesion on his left arm but indicated it was nothing serious. They told him to use sunscreen and wear a hat." He smokes a cigar now and then, drinks coffee and diet sodas and takes a daily multivitamin but does not routinely take any prescription medication.

The President signed 2 Bills today and also spoke to the National Association of Manufacturers The Vice President spoke at the 2006 Korean War Veterans Armistice Day Ceremony Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Malaysia. John Bolton gives testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who are considering his nomination to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

Today the President visited a dunkin donut outlet in Alexandria, Va and also spoke with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in the Oval Office First lady Laura Bush took part in the U.S.- Afghanistan Women's Council meeting held at the State Department Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Guls and Afghanistan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta at the State Department Defense Secretary. Donald Rumsfeld made remarks about the North Korean missile tests, outside the Pentagon and met with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvil Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

The President is in St. Louis, Mo., to meet with military personnel who recently returned from Iraq and Afghanistan and will also attend a fundraising event for Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Afganistan today and arrived in Russian this evening. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld met with Australia's Defense Minister Brendan Nelson at the Pentagon Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush attended St. John's Episcopal Church this morning, then spent a quite day at the White House. Tonight they will attend a Gala at Ford's Theater in Washington. On Friday, President Bush issued an Executive Order to protect the property rights of Americans in transactions involving the federal government. On the breaking news thread about this FRiday, a number of people posted knee-jerk negative comments, which has become all too typical on FR over the last few years. A common complaint is that eminent domain issues are usually local, so therefore this...

The President and First Lady and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are in Hungary commorating the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian uprising. Vice President Dick Cheney addressed the 31st Anniversary Leadership Summit of the US-India Business Council in Washington Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (R) and Army General George Casey held a joint news conference at the Pentagon in Washington Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

Today the President attended the New U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab swearing in ceromony, signed S. 2803, the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act, spoke at the Initiative for Global Development's 2006 National Summit, signed the Senate bill 193 for Broadcast Decency, attended a signing ceremony for the Establishment of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument and accompanied by the First Lady attended the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice met with Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Store Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld spoke at the...

President Bush at his press conference today said, "... one message that I will continue to send to the enemy is ... don't bet on American politics forcing my hand, because it's not going to happen. I'm going to make decisions not based upon politics, but based upon what's best for the United States of America. ... But my voice, what you hear from me, no matter what these polls and all the business look like, is that it's worth it, it is necessary, and we will succeed." On the 57th anniversary of the founding of Flag Day in America,...