A day in the life of President Bush (8/19/06): photos & tribute to our Armed Forces

whitehouse.gov & various news sources ^ | 8/19/06

[Wolfstar]

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush are spending the weekend at Camp David. Look for the First Lady to be on the campaign trail a lot in the next few months. Republican National Committee spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt said that Mrs. Bush is a significant draw wherever she goes, and is a critical asset to Republican candidates across the country. According to the RNC, so far this campaign season, the First Lady has appeared at 24 political events and raised $10.7 million for the party and Republican candidates. Last week, she campaigned in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia.

THE WEEK AHEAD: Next week's daily scheduled was not announced by White House Press Secretary Tony Snow. However, next week the President will visit his family home in Kennebunkport, Maine, for the first time in two years. GWB and the First Lady are scheduled to arrive Thursday at Walker's Point, where they will be spending the weekend with GWB's parents at their summer retreat. The first couple will be in town to attend a relative's wedding, said Tom Frechette, spokesman for the president's father. While at Walker's Point, the President typically goes fishing and golfing.

EXTENDED SCHEDULE:

_ Sept. 7, First Lady Laura Bush will visit Norfolk to attend a campaign rally for U.S. Rep. Thelma Drake.

_ Sept. 14, President Bush will welcome President Roh Moo-hyun of the Republic of Korea to the White House.

_ Oct. 10, President Bush will welcome President Alan Garcia of Peru to the White House.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY: From the President's Radio Address earlier today,

On Tuesday, I went to the National Counterterrorism Center, where I was briefed by the fine professionals who work day and night to protect our Nation from terrorist attacks. Their efforts are vital, as we saw with the recent terrorist plot to destroy airliners headed for America.

I thanked the men and women of the intelligence community for all they did to help the British government uncover and disrupt this vicious plot. This attempted attack is a reminder to us all: The terrorists remain determined to destroy innocent life on a massive scale, and we must be equally determined to stop them.

On Friday, I met with my economic advisors at Camp David, where we discussed our efforts to keep our economy growing and creating jobs. Our economy has created more than 5.5 million new jobs since August of 2003, more jobs than Japan and the 25 nations of the European Union combined. The unemployment rate is 4.8 percent. The productivity of America's workers is rising, and our economy grew at a strong annual rate of 4 percent during the first half of 2006.

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Pinging you to the Saturday Dose. Not much news today, but great photos of GWB and Laura with our troops.

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[Kaslin]

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: President Bush bows his head in prayer at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.

BELIEVE
lyrics from the Brooks & Dunn song

I can't quote the book
The chapter or the verse
You can't tell me it all ends
In a slow ride in a hearse
You know I'm more and more convinced
The longer that I live
Yeah, this can't be
No, this can't be
No, this can't be all there is

(Chorus) When I raise my hands, bow my head
I'm finding more and more truth in the words written in red
They tell me that there's more to this than just what I can see
I believe
Oh, I
I believe

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With no new photos to show you, today's theme is Honor our Armed Forces.

At the National Naval Medical Center in Bethseda, Maryland, Aug. 1, 2006, President George W. Bush awards the Purple Heart to...

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Edgardo Velazquez of Bronx, N.Y. Also pictured are his wife, Loureann, left, and nurse, Roselin Imarti.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Samuel Snyder of Parkersburg, W.Va.

U.S. Marine Corps. Maj. James Browning of Natchez, Miss., as his mother, Brenda, watches.

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Almost

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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick Howard of Windermere, Fla., as Howard's parents Bertha and Wally Howard look on.

U.S. Marine Corps Stf. Sgt. Angel Barcenas of Paramount, Calif., as his family looks on.

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President Bush shares a meal with troops at Fort Hood, Texas, Tuesday, April 12, 2005. The two divisions on base are the 1st Cavalry Division and the 4th Infantry Division. There are 44,188 soldiers and airmen stationed at the base and on an average day, there are 25,000 soldiers from Fort Hood serving outside the Continental United States.

President Bush shaking hand with Air Force personnel and their families at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.

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President Bush removes new Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Richard J. Tubb's eagles (colonel's insignia) during the doctor's promotion ceremony in the Oval Office Jan. 13, 2006. Dr. Tubb's wife, Kathy, also assisted with the ceremony. Dr. Tubb, a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, is the president's physician. As the director of the medical unit, Dr. Tubb runs a staff of about 25 of the nearly 2,000 people assigned to the White House Military Office.

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President Bush salutes as he disembarks a Coast Guard cutter after his tour Jan. 25. "When it comes to securing our homeland, and helping people along the coast, the Coast Guard has got a vital and significant mission," said the President in his remarks at nearby Southern Maine Technical College. "And, therefore, the budget that I send to the United States Congress will have the largest increase in spending for the Coast Guard in our nation's history."

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Sgt. Maj. Debra Strickland and President Bush at Ft. McNair for the Presidential Fitness Challenge 3-Mile Run, June 2002.

Pfc. Terry Burka, Spc. James Dean, and Spc. Tim Herard from Alpha Company, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), pose with President Bush after the Presidential Fitness Challenge run.

Spc. Joshua Grzywa from the Old Guard presents the President with the shell casing from the first round his unit fired at the president's 2001 inauguration, after the President completed a fitness run with 350 members of his staff and military personnel.

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President Bush reaches the finish line during a fitness race at Fort McNair.

After his run.

Signing autographs.

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GWB giving his troops a thumbs up.

With sailors aboard the USS Philippine Sea.

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Hugging a soldier aboard a planeload of troops headed for Iraq.

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GWB surrounded by sailors.

Shaking hands with Marines.

[snugs]

Good evening and thanks for the dose

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The President and First Lady at Coronado Naval Air Station.

GWB and Army troops.

[dmd25]

Thanks for the Dose, Wolfstar. What a great theme--again! You are great at putting together a Dose when there aren't new photos. It is always a pleasure and also very poignant to see GWB with the troops. I love this photo of them grabbing his hand/arm. Gives me goosebumps.

Thanks again!

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President Bush and White House Chief of Staff reviewing briefing papers aboard Air Force One.