Posted on 11/26/2007 6:24:54 PM PST by snugs
The President and the first lady spent Thanksgiving and part of the weekend at Camp David returning to the White House on Saturday.
Today the President met separately with the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
The President also met with with 2007 Nobel Prize recipients in the Oval Office.
This evening the President and Secretary of State hosted a gathering for tomorrow's summit diplomats at the State Department.
The Vice President was diagnosed with an irregular heart beat during an examination this morning for lingering cough after a cold, he returned to the White House after this examination and then about 5.00pm returned to the hospital where he underwent a cardioversion to correct the irregular heart beat. The procedure was declared a success and he returned back to his residence, the White House announced he would resume his normal schedule tomorrow.
Pray for President Bush - Day - 2629
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
QUOTE OF THE DAY
President Bush Attends Secretary of State's Dinner with Annapolis Conference Participants
Department of State
Washington, D.C.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Madam Secretary, thank you for your hospitality. I was wondering where my place is. (Laughter.) I appreciate very much your hosting this important dinner.
Prime Minister Olmert, welcome. President Abbas, Secretary General Ban, former Prime Minister Tony Blair, and all those who have gathered here in the cause of peace, welcome to the United States. We're glad you're here.
We've come together this week because we share a common goal: two democratic states -- Israel and Palestine -- living side by side in peace and security.
Achieving this goal requires difficult compromises -- and the Israelis and Palestinians have elected leaders committed to making them. Achieving this goal requires neighbors committed to peace between Israel and a new Palestinian state -- and I'm encouraged by the presence of so many here. Achieving this goal requires the commitment of the international community, including the United States. Tonight I restate my personal commitment on behalf of the United States to all those in the Middle East who wish to live in freedom and peace: We stand with you, at the Annapolis Conference and beyond.
The extremists and terrorists want our efforts to fail. They're working actively to undermine every effort as we try to achieve peace and reconciliation. We offer a more hopeful vision -- of a Middle East growing in freedom and dignity and prosperity. We are here to renew our efforts to achieve this vision. And tonight, I offer a toast to all of our honored guests, and to the future of peace that we can build together.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
President George W. Bush is joined by Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center, via video teleconference Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, in signing the U.S.-Iraq Declaration of Principles for Friendship and Cooperation. The declaration is a shared statement of intent that establishes common principles to frame the future relationship between the two countries. White House photo by Eric Draper
Autumn leaves kick up from the South Lawn as U.S. President George W. Bush and his wife Laura return from a Thanksgiving visit at Camp David via helicopter to the White House in Washington, November 24, 2007.
President George W. Bush waves as he returns from a Thanksgiving visit at Camp David via helicopter to the White House in Washington, November 24, 2007.
President Bush and first lady Laura Bush, walk across the South Lawn as they arrive at the White House from a Thanksgiving break at Camp David, Md. Saturday, Nov., 24, 2007
President George W. Bush gives a hug as he returns from a Thanksgiving visit at Camp David via helicopter to the White House in Washington November 24, 2007.
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Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, center, arrives at the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007,for a meeting with President Bush Monday, Nov. 26, 2007.
Vice President Dick Cheney stands in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, as President Bush and Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, not shown, met.
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is saluted as he leaves the White House
President Bush, right,shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007.
Thanks, snugs.
President George W. Bush (2nd R) hosts a meeting with 2007 Nobel Award winners in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 26, 2007. The winners are (L-R) Nobel Prize for Medicine Dr. Mario Capecchi, Peace Prize winner and former U.S. vice president Al Gore, Bush, and Nobel Prize for Economics Dr. Eric Maskin.
President Bush, second from left, poses for a photo with 2007 Nobel Prize recipients in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007. From left are, former Vice President Al Gore, the president, Dr. Eric Maskin, from Princeton University, and Dr. Susan Solomon.
President Bush, center, poses for a photo with 2007 Nobel Prize recipients in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007. From left are, Dr. Harlan Watson, Dr. Oliver Smithies, Dr. Mario Capecchi, fromer Vice President Al Gore, the president, Dr. Eric Maskin, Dr. Susan Solomon, Dr. Roger Myerson and Dr. Sharon Hays.
On the night before a major Mideast peace conference in Annapolis, Md., Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert watches from his seat as President Bush departs after making hasty remarks to a gathering of summit diplomats, at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007
On the night before a major Mideast peace conference in Annapolis, Md., President George W. Bush raises his glass in a toast at a gathering for summit diplomats at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007.
On the night before a major Mideast peace conference in Annapolis, Md., President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice host a gathering for summit diplomats at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007.
On the night before a major Mideast peace conference in Annapolis, Md., President George W. Bush, speaking, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice host a gathering for summit diplomats at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007.
President George W. Bush addresses his remarks at the Secretary of State's Dinner Monday evening, Nov. 26, 2007 at the State Department in Washington, D.C., welcoming the participants attending the Annapolis Conference. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush addresses his remarks at the Secretary of State's Dinner Monday evening, Nov. 26, 2007 at the State Department in Washington, D.C., welcoming the participants attending the Annapolis Conference. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, center, joined by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, following President Bush's address at the Secretary of State's Dinner Monday evening, Nov. 26, 2007 at the State Department in Washington, D.C., welcoming the participants attending the Annapolis Conference. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
The official White House Christmas tree arrives for First lady Laura Bush to receive, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, outside the North Portico of the White House in Washington.
First lady Laura Bush, right, walks out to receive the official White House Christmas tree, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, outside the North Portico of the White House in Washington. With Mrs. Bush, from left are, Joe Freeman from Mistletoe Meadow Farms in Laurel Springs, NC., Beth Walterscheidt, President of the National Christmas Tree Association and Freeman's wife Linda Jones.
First lady Laura Bush (L) receives the 2007 White House Christmas Tree on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, November 26, 2007
First lady Laura Bush speaks to the press as she receives the 2007 White House Christmas Tree on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, November 26, 2007
First lady Laura Bush receives the 2007 White House Christmas Tree on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, November 26, 2007
Toaster winner
My pleasure
Good evening snugs. Thanks for hosting the Dose. Great photos as usual
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