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Mrs. Bush Officially Reopens Pennsylvania Avenue Remarks by First Lady Laura Bush at Reopening of Pennsylvania Avenue in Front of the White House to Pedestrians Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C.  10:20 A.M. EST MRS. BUSH: Thank you very much, Mary. Thank you for your leadership. And congratulations on a marvelous Pennsylvania Avenue. And especially thanks to the Federal Highway Administration for their great work. Thanks to Mayor Williams for your constant support for the reopening of Pennsylvania Avenue, and to Chairman Cogbill for your vision, and to our architect, Michael Valkenburgh for your marvelous design. Thank you very much. Of...

WEST ALLIS, Wis. — She's never in a bad mood, says one member of her Secret Service detail.      She's "cordial," Robert Haugh says, putting away the silverware on the blue-and-white C-9 Air Force jet that has been home to the first lady and her 22-year-old twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara, for the past few weeks.     "You can't ask for anything more," Mr. Haugh says of Laura Bush, who may prove to be the real "October surprise" of the 2004 presidential campaign. She is described by President Bush as his "secret weapon" and by daughter Jenna as "a role...