Posted on 10/10/2007 5:41:13 PM PDT by silent_jonny
In a statement this morning at the White House, President Bush again urged Congress to make the Protect America Act permanent. The Act, which modernizes the outdated 1978 FISA laws and strengthens the United States ability to collect foreign intelligence on terrorists overseas, is set to expire this February. The problem is the threat to America is not going to expire in February.(Transcript)
The president also warned Congress to oppose the Armenian genocide resolution, which the Democrats are choosing to make an issue of now, 92 years after the fact. This resolution is not the right response to these historic mass killings.
Press Secretary Dana Perino: One thing the President has done every year since he got here is issue a presidential message. This year it was on April 24, 2007 (Presidential Message: Honoring Memory of 1.5 Million Armenian Lives Lost During Ottoman Empire)[The president has] made it clear how we feel about the Armenian people, and understands the heartache and frustration that they feel about what happened in 1915.
The United States House of Representatives has a lot of business before it, including passing any of our -- or getting conferees appointed to the appropriations bills so that we can actually get the budget underway. So there's a lot of work that they could be doing rather than this. (Transcript)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates also urged Congress to oppose the resolution in a joint statement this morning at the White House.
More background on the resolution here.
Secretary Gates later spoke at the United States Army 2007 annual meeting in Washington. (Article)
And this afternoon, President Bush participated in the Hispanic Heritage Month celebration in the White House Rose Garden. (Transcript)
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
Finally! It seems like we've had nothing but 90+ degree days since August. Tomorrow's high is supposed to be in the 70s and then the mid 60s for the weekend.
Now all we need is a lot of rain :o
with clear blue skies & a confident look on POTUS face, things seem to be smiling in DC.
It's definitely reassuring.
Ain't that the truth :)
Sunday, it was miserably hot and humid
Same here. Monday wasn't too pleasant either. Hopefully that's the last of the summer weather and we can finally enjoy some cooler climes.
Thank you always for your great links, Dr Deb.
Hi, Bray :) My pleasure.
You’re welcome :) Good to see you on the Dose.
they don't want to have to be bound by any laws that passed under the aegis of a Republican President.
Exactly. Let's hope it's not something they'll have to worry about ;)
President George W. Bush meets with Yamile Llanes Labrada and her daughter Shirln Garcia, pictured sitting immediately to her mother's right, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, in the Oval Office. Mrs. Labrada is the wife of Cuban political prisoner Dr. Jose Luis Garcia Paneque.
President George W. Bush delivers remarks during a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, in the Rose Garden
President George W. Bush joins the Rose Garden audience during a celebration Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, of Hispanic Heritage Month at the White House. Sitting with the President is Yamile Llanes Labrada, the wife of a political prisoner in Cuba, and Emilio Estefan.
President George W. Bush and guests enjoy the entertainment of Cachao and his band during a Rose Garden celebration Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Speaking of progression...
:)
Lots of good back to back to back tv programing I am gonna watch tonight...Starts soon here, so see Ya later!
Snugs,
I love the first picture in 31, but the second one is excellent as well.
You choose!
Thanks.
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By Mark Noonan at 03:43 AM
Thank you! This is just what I’m looking for!
Good night, P :)
What summer all we seem to have had in Britain is rain. That is not completely true but we had some hot weather late spring and a little during the traditional summer time but now the rain looks set in for a few more days and it is starting to be chilly as well.
I haven't been by in a while, other than a quick look to see what's new.
Hope all is well with you.
I think Burma is still correct. In the article about the First Lady they said she kept referring to Myanmar as Burma, because that’s the offical policy (I guess—I don’t know why).
Wish we had your rain :) We’re under mandatory water restrictions here because of the drought.
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