A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos): 10-10-07

WhiteHouse.gov & other sources ^ | 10-10-07

[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 The Act, which modernizes the outdated 1978 FISA laws and strengthens the United States’ ability to collect foreign intelligence on terrorists overseas, is set to expire this February.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

[silent_jonny]

Hi, Kate :) Good to see you. Hope all is well with you too.

[snugs]

We had our restrictions lifted earlier this year for the first time in about 3 or 4 years we can actually water the garden with a hose and use sprinklers.

[snugs]

[silent_jonny]

Good night, Snugs. Think I’ll sign off soon.

[Earthdweller]

"The regime's position grows weaker by the day. The generals' choice is clear: The time for a free Burma is now."

I knew W had a secret weapon. :)

Go Laura!

[silent_jonny]

Morning, ED :)

I knew W had a secret weapon. :)

Yep ;)

[Earthdweller]

Morning jonny. I’m trying to calm down after looking at pictures of dead Monks. I don’t know why but it has upset me more than most foreign tragedies. I can’t stop crying for some reason and it's not like me. I saw that this morning W is already taking diplomatic action.

Anyway, thanks for the reply. Have a good day.

[altura]

I like your choice!! It was mine as well but I was afraid the long shot wouldn’t show up well on a toaster, but it does.

Thanks.

[Majie Purple]

Thanks for the good night greeting,S J!
Good afternoon.
:)

[Majie Purple]

What's shakin' S...J?

...P! :)

[silent_jonny]

A TGIF Good Morning to ya, Purple One :)

[Majie Purple]

Oh my, a multi colered greeting, this time!
Mornig yellow and purple!!

A TGIF GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU,SILENT ONE : )

(in sky blue & fluffy cloud white.)

& I have an added greeting to go with the S... alt & P...epper gif gift find.

Seasonings Greetings!
:)

I pray You get the rain needed to end the drought in Your lil pocket of geography!