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President Bush met with former South African President Nelson Mandela. Rob Portman was sworn in as United States Trade Representative. Some members of the WH press corps attempted to mug Scott McClellan and feed words into his mouth during the press briefing today, regarding the White House statement that the United States' image abroad had suffered irreparable damage by Newsweek's now retracted story about the Koran and Guantanamo Bay. Texas judge Priscilla Owen and California judge Janice Rogers Brown visited President Bush at the White House and then Senate Republicans at the Capitol as lawmakers moved toward a confrontation over...

THE PRESIDENT: I'm ready. (Applause.) I'm here to tell you I appreciate your support, and I want your vote. (Applause.) I stand ready and eager to lead this nation for four more years. (Applause.) I've recently come off a bus tour in Michigan and Ohio. The crowds were big, the enthusiasm was high, our support is strong. We're rolling on our way to victory in November of 2004. (Applause.) There's going to be many turns in this campaign, but this will remain constant: I will offer a positive, optimistic, and hopeful vision to the American people. I have a plan...