Posted on 07/22/2007 6:19:20 PM PDT by Wolfstar
PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President Bush returned to the White House today after spending most of the weekend at Camp David. While there, he underwent a routine colonoscopy exam, which doctors recommend be done at least every five years.
The First Lady was in Texas celebrating her mother's birthday.
President Bush has 5 polyps removed during colonoscopy
BY Deb Riechmann Associated Press July 22, 2007CAMP DAVID, Md. -- Doctors removed five small growths from President Bush's colon Saturday after he temporarily transferred the powers of his office to Vice President Dick Cheney under the rarely invoked 25th Amendment.
The polyps, extra tissue growing inside the large intestine, were found during a routine colon cancer scan performed at the Camp David presidential retreat.
"All were less than 1 centimeter (about four-tenths of an inch) and none appeared worrisome," White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said. Outside medical experts agreed.
The polyps were sent to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., to be microscopically examined for signs of cancer. Results were expected in 48 to 72 hours. Polyps can turn cancerous, so finding them early is one of the best ways to prevent the disease and improve the odds of surviving it.
Bush invoked the presidential disability clause of the Constitution at 7:16 a.m. EDT. He transferred his authority to Cheney, who was at his home on the Chesapeake Bay in St. Michaels, Md., 45 miles east of D.C.
Nothing occurred during the 2 hours and 5 minutes of the transfer that required Cheney to take official action, Stanzel said.
First lady Laura Bush was in Midland, Texas, celebrating her mother's birthday. The president spoke with her by phone before and after the colonoscopy.
Stanzel said the exam was performed under what he called "monitored anesthesia care," not general anesthesia. He said Bush was asleep but responsive during the colon check. The medical team stopped administering anesthesia at 7:41 a.m. EDT; Bush was up 3 minutes later.
After the examination, Bush ate breakfast with chief of staff Joshua Bolten, White House counsel Fred Fielding and national security adviser Stephen Hadley. He played with his dogs, rode his bike in the afternoon for more than an hour around the presidential compound in the Catoctin Mountains of western Maryland, and received informal briefings from Bolten and Hadley.
For the general population, a colonoscopy to screen for colon cancer is recommended every 10 years. But for people at higher risk, or if a colonoscopy detects polyps, follow-up colonoscopies often are scheduled in three- to five-year intervals.
Doctors discovered that Bush had two polyps during a similar scan in 1998 and two more were found during a colon screening in 1999, while Bush was governor of Texas. That made the 61-year-old president a prime candidate for regular examinations. The screening done in 2002 revealed no polyps or abnormalities.
In the meantime, the work of state goes on. President Bush will meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai at Camp David in August, as Karzai's counterpart in Pakistan is fighting Al Qaeda in the remote northwestern part of that country.
Afghan President to Meet Bush at Camp David in August
By VOA NewsThe White House says President Bush will meet his Afghan counterpart next month for talks on security in Afghanistan and the U.S.-led war on terror.
Mr. Bush and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are to hold talks at Camp David, the U.S. presidential retreat in Maryland, on August 5 and 6.
A statement from the White House says the presidents will examine efforts to enhance Afghanistan's long-term democracy, prosperity and security. They also are expected to address ways to fight militant attacks, corruption and the booming drug trade, as well as measures to boost the Afghan economy.
U.S. coalition forces in Afghanistan are battling a resurgent Taleban rebellion, with southern Afghanistan hard-hit in that have left thousands dead.
Counter-offensives by U.S.-led and NATO forces have led to a number of civilian deaths. President Karzai has reacted strongly, accusing foreign soldiers of using extreme force.
U.S. and NATO commanders have pledged to review their military procedures, but also have accused Taleban militants of using civilians as human shields.
Bush says US, Pakistan targeting Al-Qaeda 'safe-haven'
Sun Jul 22WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush linked the US global campaign against Al-Qaeda to Pakistan's efforts to quell Islamist violence, including the storming of a pro-Taliban mosque last week.
In his weekly radio address, Bush expressed full US support for Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's efforts "to rid all of Pakistan of extremism" including an Al-Qaeda "safe haven" in tribal areas.
Bush called the establishment of such harbors, detailed in a recent US national intelligence estimate, "one of the most troubling" setbacks to the US war on terrorism since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The US president...said Musharraf recognized that a September 2006 deal with tribal chiefs to police their own region had failed and that he was "taking active steps to correct it."
"Earlier this month, he sent in Pakistani forces to go after radicals who seized control of a mosque, and then he delivered a speech vowing to rid all of Pakistan of extremism," the US president said.
"Pakistani forces are in the fight, and many have given their lives. The United States supports them in these efforts. And we will work with our partners to deny safe haven to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Pakistan -- or anywhere else in the world," Bush said.
Musharraf is battling a wave of Islamist violence, sparked by the bloody storming by government forces last week of the pro-Taliban Red Mosque in Islamabad.
The death toll from the Islamist carnage passed 200 in less than a week Friday, after another suicide attack killed four people in the tribal area of North Waziristan, where militants last Sunday tore up a shaky ceasefire pact.
President Bush to meet Jordan king next week
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah will meet President George W. Bush next week in Washington to push forward a U.S. plan to reinvigorate Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, officials said on Friday.
Palace officials said the surprise visit by the staunch U.S. ally to the White House on Tuesday would focus on efforts to broaden support for Bush's call on Monday for a Middle East peace conference later in the year, probably in the United States.
They say the pro-Western monarch was heartened by Bush's new plan to revive peace moves leading to the goal of an Arab-Israeli settlement based on two states, Israel and Palestine -- an aim sought by Arab moderates.
The king is spearheading an Arab campaign to get Israel to accept a plan offering a sweeping land-for-peace initiative and has long sought an international meeting that brings together Israel, moderate Palestinian leaders and their Arab neighbors.
Jordan, which hosts the largest number of Palestinians outside the West Bank and Gaza, fears time is running out because of rising Iranian influence and the spread of Islamic fundamentalism that has brought more regional instability.
It is years since Israel and the Palestinians last discussed issues at the root of the conflict -- final borders of a Palestinian state, the return of refugees and the status of Jerusalem.
Didn't miss it; just forgot it. But have rectified the situation. :)
Wolfstar: Thank you for the photos and the commentary . . . I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment that while the seditious MSM is busy assisting the terrorists our VISIONARY President is reshaping US alliances in South Asia (and around the world) . . . We are blessed!
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MUST READ . . .
An Unusually Effective Minority
BUSH AND THE CONGRESSIONAL GOP EMBARRASS THE DEMOCRATS.
by Fred Barnes
07/30/2007, Volume 012, Issue 43
The biggest surprise in Washington in 2007 is who’s turned out to be the strongest force in town. It’s not Democrats, though they control the House and the Senate. It’s not a bipartisan alliance of moderates, who often imagine themselves as pivotal but never are. And it’s certainly not a conservative coalition, if only because there aren’t enough conservative Democrats in Congress to fill a closet at the Heritage Foundation. The most powerful group is President Bush and congressional Republicans.
You can read the entire commentary here:
http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/906hmois.asp
That is a beautiful photo, I love trees, we had our company BBQ on Saturday at the home of the managing director and they have wonderful trees on their property.
Hi Jewels - long time no see.
Good evening!
THE PRESIDENT CERTAINLY DOES A LOT FOR A PAIR OF JEANS!
[Thankfully, his procedure went well and his polyps appear to be benign!]
The libs will never appreciate it, and it will take a while for some conservatives to get over the Immigration reform deal, but I agree, he'll be recognized at some point for laying an important foundation.
For a while there, I was thinking we should (well, it’s still a good idea instead of the UN) start a “Countries of Liberty” group, after listening to PM Singh.
:o)
the photo cracked me up when I saw it earlier today
What would you like on your toaster cubby?
Kas I owe you a toaster from last week - what do you want on it?
I’m likin’ this photo - looks like toaster material to me - gold/yellow toaster?
I love that he demands promptness from his “people” especially when the public is involved.
I also love that his emotions are in his face for everyone to see. Our “man of a thousand faces”!
Thanks for the trip to Sanity Island and that great photo of the day that made me smile! :D
Sounds like a lot of fun.
I am just thankful that they found what they were looking for with the colonoscopy and that he’s going to be fine.
God bless the man!
got it covered - btw, I purchased sponge cake mix made by Green’s of UK. Yummy, with the jam and whipped cream.
Oh, our Tony! God bless him and I pray that this is the last time he has to go through this ordeal. I pray that God’s power heals him. We have all missed him so, and he looks pretty good all things considered!
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