Posted on 01/18/2006 3:51:38 PM PST by GretchenM
At the White House, the president met with current and former Iraqi citizens, victims of Saddam Hussein's regime.
Laura Bush continues her African visit (with her daughter, Barbara). She criticized Senator Clinton for suggesting that the Republican-controlled House is run like a plantation where dissenting voices are ignored. "It's a ridiculous comment," Mrs. Bush told reporters when asked about the remark. She headed home after reaffirming the U.S. commitment to help Nigeria treat AIDS patients and stem the spread of HIV. She said she hoped that "one day an entire generation" will be free of the disease that has ravaged Africa. Earlier, Mrs. Bush drove to the dusty outskirts of Abuja to visit a small AIDS clinic where a young woman told her of how drugs helped her escape death from the disease. Mrs. Bush visited a hospital, where there were enough anti-retroviral drugs to treat 500 people over the next year. It is the first U.S.- backed shipment of the drugs St. Mary's has received through President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
Americans Must Understand U.S. is at War: "The American people must remind themselves every day that the United States is at war, Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, speaking at the American Enterprise Institute here, said today."
Welcome to Sanity Island!
QUOTE: "It's been my honor to visit with folks who know firsthand the brutality of Saddam Hussein. These are folks who have suffered, one way or the other, because the tyrant was a law unto himself, and was willing to deny people basic human rights. The stories here are compelling stories. They're stories of sadness and stories of bravery."
Bush with Mohammed Jaber during a visit with victims of Saddam Hussein. Mr. Jaber is a former Iraqi journalist who was jailed for writing a story that raised questions about how oil money was being spent. 
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Bush listens to Mr. Raid Mohammad
Bush listens to Gelawish Merani as she sits next to her father, Mikael Doski, during a visit by victims of Saddam Hussein. The father and daughter, separated in 1977 while living under Hussein's rule, were reunited after 16 years apart. 
Mrs. Bush sits outside at Saint-Mary's Catholic Hospital in Gwagwalada, Nigeria today, where she announced a $163 million commitment by the United States to Nigeria to battle AIDS.
joined by daughter Barbara 
The lady oozes compassion, mercy, and grace.
Laura Bush is greeted at Saint-Mary's Catholic Hospital in Gwagwalada, Nigeria
Visiting a Model Secondary School in Abuja, Nigeria 
Laura Bush helps unveil a plaque dedicating the Saint Kizito Complex at Saint-Mary's Catholic Church in Gwagwalada, Nigeria
Traditional Nigerian dancers smile as they participate in the festivities surrounding the visit by Laura Bush to St. Mary's hospital in Gwagwalada, Nigeria. 
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks at Georgetown University in DC. She spoke about "Transformational Diplomacy: Meeting the Challenge of the 21st Century." Rice condemned Iran's decision to resume its nuclear program, saying that the international community is united in mistrusting the Islamic republic and its present leadership with such technology. 
Before meeting with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana at the State Department.
Stunning picture in #6.
The US and EU rebuffed an Iranian call for new talks on their nuclear dispute and pressed their drive to refer Tehran to the UN Security Council. 
Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif (R) shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney at Cairo airport. 
at Kuwait International Airport on Tuesday. The vice president is on a brief visit to the emirate to present his condolences on the death of Kuwait's Emir Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah, to Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheik Sabah Al Sabah 
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak meets with Vice President Dick Cheney in Cairo 
Egypt favors giving the African Union a chance to continue its peacekeeping mission in Sudan's troubled Darfur, President Hosni Mubarak's spokesman said.
Barney patiently waits for the day to begin in the White House Rose Garden Thursday, January 5, 2006 
Shauna Fleming of "A Million Thanks" joins Brian Kilmeade, co-host of "Fox and Friends" on his program today in Hollywood, Calif. Fleming talked about her goal of getting 2.6 million letters and cards of thanks to troops in 2006.
Distant 2nd?
Hey, y'all. How is everyone?
I have a fantastic report.
My tutee, Sabrina, has an eight-year-old cousin, Adrianna, who has been plagued since her earliest days with seizures. They had gotten to be almost continual. Doctors diagnosed a brain tumor and little Adrianna underwent two surgeries this month: one to insert a monitor of the tumor to see how it was impacting her brain, and the second surgery to remove the tumor (on January 13).
Sabrina, her mom, and I prayed during the first surgery, and particularly felt led to pray that the swelling in Adrianna's brain would be absolutely minimal. You should have heard little Sabrina praying for her cousin. It made her mom cry.
The first surgery was quite successful, and the doctors reported that the swelling was remarkably inconsequential.
She was discharged from the hospital January 15 -- two DAYS after the surgery to remove the brain tumor! -- and three weeks ahead of schedule.
So she is home, has not had one seizure, and is much changed for the better, according to her mom.
Little Adrianna now has a chance at a normal life. God be praised.
Indeed. It's a keeper.
Hi Jonny. If you knock out Peach's first and second place prizes, you are a close third, or second, as the case may be (if one lumps the two Peaches into one unit).
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