A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos): 5-4-07

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[silent_jonny]

President Bush met today with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the Oval Office. (Transcript)

Later, the president hosted a Cinco de Mayo celebration in the Rose Garden (Transcript)

Vice President Dick Cheney welcomed Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh to America and escorted the Queen on a tour of Jamestown, Virginia, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the first English settlement. (Transcript)

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice continued her meeting with the Iraq conference at the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheik in Egypt.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates traveled to Fort Polk, Louisiana to observe soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team 101st Airborne, Golf Company as they trained at the Joint Readiness Training Center.

Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

[Txsleuth]

Great DOSE, silent_jonny!!!

I love seeing the pics of the Queen...but, I like the VP and the pics of Jamestown better...LOL

[silent_jonny]

Queen Elizabeth II sits with Vice President Dick Cheney while vsiting the reconstructed Jamestown Fort, at Jamestown, Va., Friday May 4, 2007.

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Queen Elizabeth II and Vice President Dick Cheney watch actors take part in a ceremony at the Jamestown Settlement museum in Williamsburg, Va., Friday, May 4, 2007.

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Vice President Dick Cheney delivers remarks welcoming Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II during the 400th anniversary celebrations at Jamestown Settlement in Williamsburg, Virginia, Friday, May 4, 2007.

Vice President Cheney: Four centuries ago, more than a hundred colonists aboard three small ships were just days from reaching this shore. They'd been at sea nearly five months, and great hardships awaited them on the banks of the James River. Yet from the time of their arrival here, the world would never again be as it was. Inside a little three-sided fort in this corner of Virginia, large events were set in motion, and great and noble traditions were introduced in America. So we pay homage to the first English settlement on the North American shore, and we mark the 14th of May, 1607 as a providential moment in the life of this nation.

Jamestown began as a commercial venture, yet within a generation, Virginia was a colony of the Crown. In time, those colonies would be 13 in number, and together they would become the United States of America. The beliefs and ways of life observed here were vital in shaping the character of the nation we know today. And these traditions -- liberty and law; private property; the spirit of enterprise; and commerce among peoples -- all came from the island nation that the colonists of Jamestown had called home.

Here at this first settlement, named in honor of the English King, we are joined today by the sovereign who now occupies that throne. She and Prince Philip are held in the highest regard throughout this nation, and their visit today only affirms the ties of trust and warm friendship between our two countries. Your Majesty and Your Royal Highness: All of us feel very privileged, and we'll certainly remember this day that we shared your company. So, on behalf of President Bush and the people of this land, I'm proud to say thank you for joining us, and welcome to the United States of America. (Applause.)

[silent_jonny]

Women wave England's flags from a building at the Jamestown Settlement after the visit by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney to Jamestown, Virginia, May 4, 2007. The Queen is visiting the U.S. as part of the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown.

[jaycee]

I hope that you have a very wonderful birthday, Gretchen!

[silent_jonny]

Queen Elizabeth II and Vice President Dick Cheney take a tour of the historic Jamestown archaeological site from curator Blythe Straube. The Queen lauded the "deep and enduring" ties that bind Britain and the United States, as she toured the New World's first permanent English settlement.

[mystery-ak]

I love seeing all these sites again...we took the boys to Jamestown and Williamsburg several years ago.

[silent_jonny]

Queen Elizabeth II listens to curator Beverly Straube as Vice President Dick Cheney, left, looks on during a visit to the museum at Historic Jamestowne, the site of Britain's first settlement in Virginia, Friday, May 4, 2007.

[Txsleuth]

I love that speech....and the picture with it is perfect.

BTW..what does a Queen do every day??

[the rightgirl]

I am always taken by the way our President interacts with children. He is so at ease and every child is at ease with him. Those little people, who have formed no prejudice or preconceptions, instinctively like and trust him! God bless him - and all the little children!

[Txsleuth]

In honor of Queen being here....Mark Steyn is subbing for Hannity on Hannity and Colmes...LOL

[silent_jonny]

Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Vice President Dick Cheney in historic Jamestown. Friday May 4, 2007.

Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynn Cheney, center, walk with Elizabeth Kostelny, executive director of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, at the Jamestown archeological site in Jamestown, Va., Friday, May 4, 2007.

Queen Elizabeth II, Vice President Dick Cheney and Philip Emerson (3rd L), Executive Director of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, walk past women in period costumes during a tour of the historical Jamestown settlement near Williamsburg, Virginia, May 4, 2007. It is the Queen's first visit to the United States in 16 years.

[silent_jonny]

Queen Elizabeth II smiles during a conversation with Lynne Cheney during lunch at the Governor's palace in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, May 4, 2007.

[Txsleuth]

I sure am glad to see that Lynne Cheney did NOT feel the need to be so obvious as to wear a HAT, just because of the Queen.....although a backward baseball cap would have looked just ducky on Dick.

[silent_jonny]

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice waves as she arrives at the Expanded Ministerial Conference for the Neighbors of Iraq on the second day session of the Iraq conference at the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt Friday, May 4, 2007

[silent_jonny]

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice listens to a question during a news conference at the international conference on Iraq, in Sharm el-Sheikh May 4 2007.

[MeekMom]

The “Queen” can go right back where she came from!
We don’t need her here.
I’ll never forget the way she treated Princess Diana!

[silent_jonny]

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice listens during speeches at the international conference on Iraq in Sharm el-Sheikh, May 4 2007. The conference includes neighbouring countries of Iraq, permanent members of the U.N. security council, and the G8.

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the international conference on Iraq, in Sharm El-Sheikh, May 4 2007.