Posted on 03/24/2008 6:55:58 PM PDT by snugs
The President and First Lady spent the weekend at Camp David returning to the White House on Sunday. .
Today the President took part in the Easter Egg Roll at the White House, met with India ' s Foreign Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee, attended a National Security Council meeting and made a statement at the State Department.
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The Vice President continued his overseas trip today with meetings in Israel and Turkey.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee at the State Department
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates met with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain at the Pentagon
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
President Bush Visits Department of State
THE PRESIDENT: Madam Secretary, thank you very much for your hospitality. I just had a very interesting dialogue on how to strengthen the State Department's capacity to bring freedom and peace around the world, and how to make sure the State Department works collaboratively with the Defense Department, as we deal with some of the more difficult areas, and really take advantage of some of the great opportunities that we're faced with.
And so I really want to thank you, Madam Secretary, and I thank the folks who work in this building. Our citizens have really no idea how competent, courageous and successful the people here who work at the State Department are -- I do. After my -- now my eighth year as President, I've gotten to know the people in the State Department well, and I'm impressed, and so should our citizens.
Obviously we want to expand the reach of the State Department by increasing the size and its efficiencies, and to make sure that there's interoperability. And along these lines, of course, I'm fully aware that folks who have worked in the State Department lost their lives and -- in Iraq, along with our military folks. And on this day of reflection, I offer our deepest sympathies to their families. I hope their families know that the citizens pray for their comfort and strength, whether they were the first one who lost their life in Iraq or recently lost their lives in Iraq -- that every life is precious in our sight.
And I guess my one thought I wanted to leave with those who still hurt is that one day people will look back at this moment in history and say, thank God there were courageous people willing to serve, because they laid the foundations for peace for generations to come; that I have vowed in the past, and I will vow so long as I'm President, to make sure that those lives were not lost in vain, that, in fact, there is a outcome that will merit the sacrifice that civilian and military alike have made; that our strategy going forward will be aimed at making sure that we achieve victory and, therefore, America becomes more secure and these young democracies survive, and peace more likely as we head into the 21st century.
So, Madam Secretary, I'm honored to be here, and I thank you very much for your hard work and your dedication.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
President Bush hugs a person dressed as the Easter bunny at the start of the annual Easter Egg Roll, Monday, March 24, 2008, overlooking the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.
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Hi Kitkat - congratulations on toaster win - did not get others done today - where the day went I do not know but am still clearing up and doing some painting.
President Bush kisses first lady Laura Bush at the start of the annual Easter Egg Roll, Monday, March 24, 2008, overlooking the South Lawn of the White House in Washington
President Bush listens at left, as The Jonas Brothers sing the National Anthem, Monday, March 24, 2008, at the start of the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.
President Bush and first lady Laura Bush, accompanied by daughter Jenna Bush, and former first lady Barbara Bush, kick off the annual Easter Egg Roll, Monday, March 24, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.
President Bush blows the starting whistle as he and the first lady Laura Bush kick off the start of the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, March 24, 2008, on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington
President George W. Bush watches a race with a person dressed as the Easter Bunny during the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, March 24, 2008
President Bush's daughter Jenna Bush, walks with a children's book down the steps of the South Portico of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 24, 2008, for the start of the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn.
Jenna Bush, the daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush, enacts one of the monster characters of the book "Where the Wild Things Are" during her book reading for children at the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, March 24, 2008
First lady Laura Bush, left, daughter Jenna Bush, right, accompanied by PBS' Arthur, read to the children at the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, March 24, 2008, on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington.
President Bush walks with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to make a statement at the State Department in Washington, Monday, March 24, 2008.
President Bush, accompanied by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, makes a statement at the State Department in Washington, Monday, March 24, 2008.
I have that book memorized. I didn’t mean to it just happen.
President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leave the microphones after the president made a statement, Monday, March 24, 2008, at the State Department in Washington
President George W. Bush (L) is seen in this handout image at a National Security Council meeting in the White House Situation Room March 24, 2008 during a video teleconference with General David Petraeus, commander of the multi-national force-Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Iraq.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right and U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, left, meet in Jerusalem, Monday, March 24, 2008.
Vice-President Dick Cheney (2nd L) and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (R) take breakfast with other invited officials March 24, at Olmert's Jerusalem residence.
Vice President Dick Cheney, left, and Turkey's President Abdullah Gul shake hands for cameras during their meeting at the Cankaya Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, March 24, 2008
Vice President Dick Cheney, second left, and Turkey's President Abdullah Gul speak, during their meeting at the Cankaya Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, March 24, 2008.
Vice President Dick Cheney (L) and Turkish President Abdullah Gul (R) pose for the media after a meeting in Ankara March 24, 2008.
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