Posted on 09/24/2007 6:35:35 PM PDT by snugs
The President spoke about the budget today and then flew to New York for a series of meeting ahead of tomorrow speech at the United Nations.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spent the weekend in New York attending a series of meetings. Today she attended more meetings and also gave an interview to Reuters
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
QUOTE OF THE DAY
President Bush Discusses Budget
Room 350
Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please be seated. I've spoken to a lot of people in this room, but rarely have I spoken to a group of people who I can address, Mr. President, or, Madam President. (Laughter.) I thank you for joining us. I appreciate Jim Nussle joining us, as well.
I look forward to having -- giving you a few remarks on the budget. As business leaders, you know it's important to set priorities and make decisions in a timely way. That's what you do on a daily basis. If you were running a company whose lease was up for renewal in a few months, you'd ask the landlord to start negotiating prices and terms. You would anticipate the cancellation of -- or the renegotiation of the lease. You would ask for time to think about the best way forward, and you wouldn't be happy if the landlord waiting until the night before your time was up and then dropped on your desk a 500-page lease that he expected you to sign. In the business world that's called alienating your customers. (Laughter.) In Washington, that's called the appropriations process. (Laughter.)
The fiscal year ends in less than a week. Yet Congress has not sent a single appropriations bill to my desk. Not one. Instead, the congressional leaders may end up lumping all 12 outstanding appropriations bills into one massive trillion-dollar piece of legislation later this year. This would make it easier for members to sneak in all kinds of special projects, put in wasteful spending or pork barrel that they are not willing to debate in the open.
If they think that by waiting until just before they leave for the year to send me a bill that is way over budget and thicker than a phone book, if they think that's going to force me to sign it, it's not. This would be bad for our country, it would be harmful for our economy, it would be unfair for the taxpayers.
This is an important time for our economy. For nearly six years we've enjoyed uninterrupted economic growth. Since August 2003, the economy has added more than 8.2 million jobs. Productivity is growing, and that's translating into larger paychecks for American workers. Unemployment is low, inflation is low, and opportunity abounds. The entrepreneurial spirit is strong.
You know, this economic vitality just didn't happen -- in other words, it's -- I think it's the result of hard work and people dreaming big dreams and working hard to fulfill them. I also believe it's the result of pro-growth economic policies. And the job in Washington is to keep the environment sound for investment and for growth.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
President George W. Bush discusses the federal budget Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, in the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building. "This is an important time for our economy. For nearly six years we've enjoyed uninterrupted economic growth. Since August 2003, the economy has added more than 8.2 million jobs," said President Bush. "Productivity is growing, and that's translating into larger paychecks for American workers. Unemployment is low, inflation is low, and opportunity abounds. The entrepreneurial spirit is strong." White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets with Japan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura in New York, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) meets with Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura (R) at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York September 22, 2007
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (2nd L) and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill (L) meet with Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura (not pictured) at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York September 22, 2007
Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, left, Prime Minister of Iraq, Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of United Nations, Lynn Pascoe, center, Under Secretary General for Political Affairs, Ibrahim Gambari, Special Advisor to the Secretary General and Condoleezza Rice, right, U.S. Secretary of State attend High-level meeting on Iraq at U.N. Headquarters in New York Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007
Condoleezza Rice, right, U.S. Secretary of State attends High-level meeting on Iraq at U.N. Headquarters in New York Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007
Hiya Snugs!
Hi, Snugs!
Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice attends a bilateral meeting with the Foreign Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007 in New York
Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice attends a bilateral meeting with the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Saud al-Faysal at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007 in New York.
Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice, arrives to a Quartet Principals meeting at U.N. Headquarters in New York Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007
Condoleeza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State listens to translation with other members of the Quartet during a news conference after a Quartet Principals meeting at U.N. Headquarters in New York Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007
Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State speaks to reporters after a Quartet Principals meeting at U.N. Headquarters in New York Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007.
Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice speaks to reporters after a Quartet Principals meeting at U.N. Headquarters in New York Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007
Tony Blair, left, Quartet Representative, Javier Solana, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State, Ban Ki-moon, center, Secretary General U.N. Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, Luis Amado, Portugese Foreign Minister and Benita Ferrero-Waldner, right, EU Commissioner for External Relations at a press conference after a Quartet Principals meeting at U.N. Headquarters in New York Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007.
President Bush arrives to deliver remarks on the budget, Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House campus in Washington.
President Bush makes remarks on the budget, Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House campus in Washington.
Standing between video screens, U.S. President George W. Bush makes a statement on the budget at the Eisenhower Executive Office Buildings in Washington September 24, 2007
White House Budget Director Jim Nussle waits to speak about the budget at the Eisenhower Executive Office Buildings in Washington September 24, 2007.
President Bush waves as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, for New York.
Marine One, carrying US President George W. Bush, is seen after taking off from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC
Marine One, carrying U.S. President George W. Bush (top), flies near the aircraft which carried Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to New York before it was flown to Andrews Air Force Base for security outside Washington, September 24, 2007.
President Bush steps off Air Force One upon landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, as he arrived for the United Nations General Assembly.
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President Bush, right, is greeted by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, second left, as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad, far left, and former New York Gov. George Pataki, rear center, look on as the president arrived for the United Nations General Assembly in New York Monday, Sept. 24, 2007.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right, greets President Bush, center, during the president's arrival for the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, sept. 24, 2007, in New York.
President Bush, right, has a word with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg,left, as former New York Gov. George Pataki, rear left, looks on, during the president's arrival for the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 24, 2007
President Bush, right, huddles with , from left, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and former New York Gov. George Pataki, upon the president's arrival for the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 24, 2007
What a great smile in the Photo of the Day! I hope that
means that he has had a good week!
Thanks for opening Sanity Island for us, Snugs! It becomes
a better place to be each day closer to the elections. (Even
though I know they’re a loooooong way off!) :D
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, looks on as President Bush, center, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, in New York.
President Bush, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, wait as Abbas' statement is translated from Arabic to English during their meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York Monday, Sept. 24, 2007
President Bush, right, makes a statement to reporters as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, looks on during their meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York Monday, Sept. 24, 2007.
President Bush, right, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 24, 2007
President Bush, right, makes a statement to reporters as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, looks on during their meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York Monday, Sept. 24, 2007
President George W. Bush (R) shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York September 24, 2007
As usual the President looks very confident and why not, we are winning the war against the terrorist abroad and crushing the traitors and defeatists at home :)
I really believe that Condi will go down in history as one
of our BEST, most influential, most savvy Secretaries of
State! She is truly a national treasure.
Hey snugs!
Good pics of W and Condi!
((hugs))
President George W. Bush (R) meets with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, September 24, 2007
President Bush, second right, talks with Japanese envoy, former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, right, as South African President Thabo Mbeki, left, and Ghana President John Kufuor, second left, before the start of a dinner regarding climate change the United Nations General Assembly in New York Monday, Sept. 24, 2007
President Bush, right, meets with Ghana President John Kufuor, before the start of a dinner regarding climate change the United Nations General Assembly in New York Monday, Sept. 24, 2007
President Bush, left, talks with Japanese envoy, former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, right, before the start of a dinner regarding climate change the United Nations General Assembly in New York Monday, Sept. 24, 2007.
The more “cocky” he looks the more confident I feel about
how things are going! I love the cowboy!
Agreed!
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