Posted on 12/22/2008 3:53:24 PM PST by daisyscarlett
President Bush and Mrs. Bush participated in One Warm Coat Holiday Service Project at the Pathways to Housing, D.C. Washington, D.C. The One Warm Coat project is.a nationwide effort to convince our fellow citizens to contribute a used, but not overly used, coat, to help a soul who may need to be warm this winter. The President and Mrs. Bush donated coats personally and also delivered coats donated by the White House staff. Transcript of Remarks
President Bush traveled to Walter Reed Army Medical Center to visit wounded veterans and to have an MRI of his shoulder which has been painful lately. Transcript of Remarks
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she will travel to China after the New Year, her last scheduled trip before President George W. Bush's administration steps down. "I will go after the first of the year to China for the 30th anniversary of the establishment of US-China relations. I think it's important to do it," Rice said in an interview.
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President George W. Bush holds 15-month-old James Jensen, son of Purple Heart recipient U.S. Army Cpl. Isaac Jensen of Layton, Utah, background-right, while posing for a photo Monday, Dec. 22, 2008 with Cpl. Jensen, his wife, Bethany and his mother, Eva Francis, right, during President Bush's visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Jensen is recovering from injuries sustained while serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
U.S. President George W. Bush (C) and first lady Laura Bush (2R) arrive bearing winter coats for the One Warm Coat program as Sherri Lewis Wood (L), national coordinator of the charity program, looks on December 22, 2008 in Washington, DC. White House personnel donated more than 100 winter coats to the program as part of the Holiday Service Project.
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
President Bush said today at the One Warm Coat gathering: “If you want to serve your nation, you can find a lot of ways to serve. And I hope you do. I hope you realize the great blessings that come when you put your heart and soul into making somebody else's life better.”
U.S. President George W. Bush (C) and first lady Laura Bush (2R) arrive bearing winter coats for the One Warm Coat program as Sherri Lewis Wood (L), national coordinator of the charity program, looks on December 22, 2008 in Washington, DC. White House personnel donated more than 100 winter coats to the program as part of the Holiday Service Project.
US President George W. Bush and and First Lady Laura Bush greet volunteers as they visit the One Warm Coat Holiday Service Project Pathways to Housing in Washington, DC on December 22, 2008.
U.S. President George W. Bush (L) speaks to the media next to first lady Laura Bush after they delivered coats to the One Warm Coat Holiday Service Project at the Pathways to Housing DC facility in Washington, December 22, 2008.
U.S. President George W. Bush (L) speaks to the media next to first lady Laura Bush (2nd L), national coordinator of One Warm Coat Sherri Lewis Wood (2nd R) and Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty (R) after they delivered coats to the One Warm Coat Holiday Service Project at the Pathways to Housing DC facility in Washington, December 22, 2008.
U.S. President George W. Bush (L) and first lady Laura Bush (C) deliver coats as they visit the One Warm Coat Holiday Service Project at the Pathways to Housing DC facility in Washington, December 22, 2008.
President George W. Bush makes a statement to reporters after donating coats with first lady Laura Bush during a visit the One Warm Coat Holiday Project at Pathways to Housing in Washington, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008.
US President George W. Bush walks to Marine One prior to departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 22, 2008. Bush is travelling to visit wounded veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.<
White House physician Richard Tubb, seen at left, accompanies President George W. Bush as he arrives for a visit at Walter Reed Army Medical Center where he met with wounded soldiers in Washington, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. Tubb performed an MRI of Bush's left shoulder in an attempt to understand why he has experienced pain recently.
President George W. Bush is accompanied by Army Col. Norvell V. Coots, commander of the Walter Reed Army Health Care System, before making a statement to reporters at Walter Reed Army Medical Center where he met with wounded soldiers in Washington, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008.
US President George W. Bush talks to reporters after visiting wounded veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC on December 22, 2008. The visit to Walter Reed was Bush's 16th as president. He told reporters it will likely be his last as commander in chief.
President George W. Bush looks back towards a reporter asking a question about his MRI after he made a statement to reporters at Walter Reed Army Medical Center where he met with wounded soldiers in Washington, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. Bush had an MRI of his left shoulder in an attempt to understand why he has experienced pain recently.
With Mrs. Laura Bush by his side, President George W. Bush speaks to reporters Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, during a visit to the Pathways to Housing DC, a distribution site for the One Warm Coat Holiday Service Project, in Washington, D.C. Modeled after the first Pathways to Housing program in New York City founded in 1992, Pathways to Housing DC works with individuals who have been turned away from other programs.
President George W. Bush shakes hands with U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kyle Stipp of Avon, Ind., after presenting him with two Purple Hearts Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center where the soldier is recovering from wounds suffered in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Looking on are his wife, Megan, and father, Mitch Stipp.
President George W. Bush shakes the hand of U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Neal Boyd of Haynesville, La., after presenting him a Purple Heart during a visit Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where the soldier is recovering from injuries received in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Looking on his SFC Boyd's wife, Joyce.
I am so going to miss this decent man of character and courage.
President George W. Bush shakes the hand of U.S. Army PFC Luka Shook of Strafford, Mo., after presenting him with a Purple Heart Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where the soldier is recovering from injuries received in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Looking on his PFC Shook's mother and father, Dennis and Cynthia Shook
President George W. Bush congratulates U.S. Army PFC Joseph Devan of Baltimore, Md., after presenting him with a Purple Heart Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where the soldier is recovering from injuries suffered in Operation Iraqi Freedom. With them is PFC Devan's wife, Stephanie.
President George W. Bush stands with U.S. Army Specialist Fernando Aguilar of Tucson, Ariz., Monday, Dec. 22, 2008 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., as a White House military aide reads Aguilar's Purple Heart citation. Aguilar is recovering from injuries sustained when two hand grenades were thrown at his vehicle while on patrol in support of Opereation Iraqi Freedom.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks during an interview at the State Department in Washington, DC, on December 22, 2008. Rice said Monday she will travel to China after the New Year, her last scheduled trip before President George W. Bush's administration steps down."I will go after the first of the year to China for the 30th anniversary of the establishment of US-China relations. I think it's important to do it," Rice said in an interview.
Me too. We will miss him much more than even we think possible.
President George W. Bush addresses his remarks to reporters following his visit with wounded military personnel Monday, Dec. 22, 2008 at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Colonel Norvell V. Coots, Commander of the Walter Reed Health Care System, is seen in the background.
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