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Dan Riehl checks the President's schedule and learns that Obama's not going to Fort Hood, but rather to Camp David for the weekend. In an update, Dan notes that his predecessor is more sensitive to the situation. Fox Reports GWB and Laura spent a few hours at Fort Hood, no photo ops. Now that's a CIC. Are you kidding me? Camp frickin' David? What, does he have a tee time close by? For heaven's sakes, he's the CIC. And he's taking the weekend off? This guy simply doesn't care. Unbelievable via Fox. 11:25AM THE PRESIDENT addresses the House Democratic Caucus -...

"Obama also worshipped at the church on Inauguration Day and Easter. St. John's has been a popular choice among presidents, including George W. Bush, because it is close to the White House and familiar to the Secret Service. Washington churches have competed for Obama's attention since his election. He quit his last church, Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, during the presidential campaign last year after the circulation of controversial sermons by its former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright." ~~~~~ Poster's(DollyCali) comments: The first family has gone on vacation more than they have attended church since entering the White...

More than a year after he was forced to disown his Chicago pastor, President Obama has begun to attend services led by a Christian chaplain who views Islam as a violent faith. Mr Obama has been an irregular church attender since becoming President, but has expressed a fondness for Carey Cash, the navy chaplain at the Camp David presidential retreat who has been criticised for proselytising in the military and his mistrust of Islam. The White House insists that the Rev Cash, the great-nephew of the singer Johnny Cash, has not become Mr Obama’s new pastor, but it appears that...

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright is long gone; Rick Warren, just an Inauguration Day memory. The hordes of ministers around town who were hoping they'd somehow wind up with the first family in their pews have (mostly) given up. The president has been pastorless for quite a while now. Well, sort of. Seventy miles from Washington's prying eyes, Barack Obama has been attending church from time to time at Camp David, where services are led by a 39-year-old Navy chaplain with a famous last name, a compelling life story and a fervent belief in a God who works miracles. Carey Cash,...

He doesn't want to disrupt DC churches with gawkers displacing the members of the church and he doesn't want to choice between the many black churches that were vying for his attendance. He'll be going to the same church that Bush attended and will be able to worship in peace.The chaplain is the grand-nephew of Johnny Cash: Camp David's current chaplain, Lieut. Carey Cash, leads the services at Evergreen. If the White House had custom-ordered a pastor to be the polar opposite of Jeremiah Wright, they could not have come as close as Cash. (As it is, the White House...

White House Press Corps Spent the Fourth of July Hanging Out With Obama, Off the Record By John Cook, 12:44 PM on Thu Jul 9 2009, 1,046 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp) Copy this whole post to another site Slurp cancel select site advertising consumerist deadspin defamer fleshbot gay fleshbot gawker gizmodo idolator io9 jalopnik jezebel kotaku lifehacker valleywag artists gawkershop Reporters from more than 30 television networks, newspapers, magazines, and web sites celebrated the Fourth of July with Barack Obama at the White House last weekend. Why didn't you know that? Because they were sworn to secrecy. We...

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is helping the nation celebrate its birthday and his daughter Malia celebrate hers. The president on Friday morning flew to Camp David, Md., for the first part of the first family's Fourth of July celebration, including daughter Malia's 11th birthday on Saturday. He set off with friend Martin Nesbitt to meet first lady Michelle Obama, who was already at Camp David.

WASHINGTON, DC - President Barack Obama is still looking for a church home more than a year after resigning from the Chicago church led by his controversial former pastor Jeremiah Wright. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says the first family has yet to join a church because Obama doesn't want his attendance to disrupt other people's worship. Gibbs says Obama enjoys services led by Camp David's chaplain on weekends the family spends at the presidential retreat, but they're not members there. In 2009, the Obamas have only attended Sunday church services twice in Washington. Two days before the inauguration,...

A report says the first family had settled on Evergreen Chapel at Camp David. A White House spokeswoman says that's not the case. "The president and first family continue to look for a church home," White House spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said. "They have enjoyed worshiping at Camp David and several other congregations over the months, and will choose a church at the time that is best for their family."

Is President Obama's new pastor a Southern Baptist? Apparently, it depends whom you ask. Time magazine posted a story June 29 stating Obama has "decided to make his primary place of worship" Evergreen Chapel, the nondenominational church at Camp David which is led by Navy Lieut. Carey Cash, a Southern Baptist chaplain. The White House, though, denied the Time report, releasing a statement saying "the President and First Family continue to look for a church home." "They have enjoyed worshipping at Camp David and several other congregations over the months, and will choose a church at the time that is...

For the past five months, White House aides and friends of the Obamas have been quietly visiting local churches and vetting the sermons of prospective first ministers in a search for a new - and uncontroversial - church home. Obama has even sampled a few himself, attending services at 19th Street Baptist on the weekend before his inauguration and celebrating Easter at St. John's Episcopal Church.

Who would have thought that a CEO position would be tiring? And not just any CEO but the President of the United States, the leader of the free world, the Commander in Chief and the Messiah. Apparently Barack Obama had no idea that all of that hard work would actually be just that -- hard work. I suppose he thought the job of POTUS would be just as much fun as the two years he spent on the campaign trail. He must have been under the illusion that the citizens of this great country would swoon over his tax cheating...

More lasts today … This morning President & Mrs. Bush departed the White House for Camp David, Maryland, where they will spend their last weekend as the First Couple before Tuesday’s inauguration. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave her final press conference today at the State Department in Washington. She also met with Israel’s Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. Dr. Rice’s last official act as Secretary of State was signing a memorandum with Foreign Minister Livni that will help prevent arms smuggling to terrorists in Gaza. And today Press Secretary Dana Perino delivered the Administration’s final press briefing (Transcript). Dana took...

President Bush signed several bills into lawPresident Bush, First Lady Laura Bush and daughter Jenna Hager travelled to Camp David to spend the Christmas holidays Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

Thirty years ago Jimmy Carter tried to change the world by getting the leaders of nations to agree. The result, in September 1978, was the Camp David Accords. Did it work? Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin, the respective leaders of Egypt and Israel, did reach some basic agreements and since then Egypt has stopped trying to drive Israel into the sea. After four wars in twenty five years, the Arab-Israeli wars stopped. The accords are universally considered the highlight of an otherwise dismal presidency, perhaps the only good thing that Carter ever did. But the accords also failed. Establishing an...

A map of President Bush's motorcade to Camp David was found last week in the possession of a teenager accused of stockpiling weapons and bomb-making materials, according to prosecutors. With the possibility that the motorcade was a target, federal authorities have joined police in investigating Collin Matthew McKenzie-Gude, 18, who allegedly was storing the weapons and materials just outside Washington, D.C., at the Bethesda, Md., home where he lives with his parents. MyFOXDC.com reports that Assistant State's Attorney Peter Feeney disclosed the discovery of the map of Camp David during a court hearing on Tuesday in Rockville, Md. The map...

Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island PHOTO(s) OF THE DAY President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush (and Barney) QUOTE(s) OF THE DAY President's Radio Address ~ March 22, 2008 Good morning. This weekend, families across America are coming together to celebrate Easter. This is the most important holiday in the Christian faith. And during this special and holy time each year, millions of Americans pause to remember a sacrifice that transcended the grave and redeemed the world. Easter is a holiday that beckons us homeward. This weekend is an occasion to reflect on the things that...

This weekend the President spent the weekend at Camp David returning to the White House today, on Saturday he spoke at a memorial service at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Park on the National Fire Academy campus in Emmitsburg, Maryland Click here for transcript On Saturday Defense Secretary Robert Gates continued his trip to South America with a visit to Paramaribo. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

The Secret Service tells CBS News that there were eleven violations of temporary flight restrictions around Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, on Sunday.The Secret Service tells CBS News all of the incidents were believed to be inadvertent....

President Bush signed legislation Friday that intensifies the anti-terrorism effort at home, shifting money to high-risk states and cities and expanding scrutiny of air and sea cargo. The bill elevates the importance of risk factors in determining which states and cities get federal security funds. That would mean more money for such cities as New York and Washington. It also puts money into a new program to ensure that security officials at every level can communicate with each other. It requires screening of all cargo on passenger planes within three years and sets a five-year goal of scanning all container...

Diplomacy: It's often asserted that while Jimmy Carter's presidency was marred by error and incompetence, the peace deal he brokered at Camp David was an unmitigated triumph. Time to pop that bubble, too. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Profile In Incompetence: Eighth In A SeriesMore on this series -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carter's effrontery in calling George W. Bush "the worst" president can be traced in part to his supposed success in negotiating the Camp David accords. Signed in March 1978, that deal came about after Carter used the power of the presidency to get Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to talk...

Today President Bush held a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Camp David. (Transcript) First Lady Laura Bush spoke at the Salvation Army National Advisory Organizations Conference in Dallas, Texas. Vice President Dick Cheney delivered a speech in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mrs. Lynne Cheney met with Mrs. Akie Abe, the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Freer Gallery of Art Friday, in Washington, D.C. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush today welcomed the president of Brazil to Camp David. Undoubtedly after discussing the matter with Prime Minister Tony Blair and taking the tone the PM requested, GWB also spoke out about the British sailors and marines captured by the Iranians. Bush, Brazilian president to talk trade, ethanol POSTED: 12:47 p.m. EDT, March 31, 2007 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The backdrop is different but the issues are the same for President Bush's second meeting with the president of Brazil in less than a month. Trade and ethanol topped Bush's meeting three weeks ago...

Before leaving for Camp David today, President Bush Signed The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation And Management Reauthorization Act Of 2006. By signing this bill, the President reaffirmed our commitment to protect America's fisheries and keep our commercial and recreational fishing communities strong. This Act will end over-fishing in America, help us replenish our Nation's fish stocks, and advance international cooperation and ocean stewardship. Fact Sheet: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act. President Bush signs the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006, Friday, Jan. 12, 2007 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Behind him,...

Today, President Bush and Mrs. Bush joined Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in Arlington, Virginia for the dedication of the U.S. Air Force Memorial. Also in attendance were Chairman of the Air Force Memorial Foundation, Ross Perot Jr.; Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne; Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General T. Michael Moseley; Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Rodney McKinley; Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Nicholson and Major General Edward F. Grillo (USAF retired) President of the Air Force Memorial Foundation. Click here for a complete transcript of GWB’s speech. Later, President Bush delivered a...

Though there was no actual confirmation that the Presdent and First Lady spent the weekend at Camp David I assume they did because photo were released on Sunday of them returning to the White House from Camp David along with the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Today the President celebrated Labour Day by making remarks during a Labor Day observance at a maritime training institute in Piney Point, Maryland, he also toured the facility. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

The President and First Lady spent the weekend at Camp David arriving back at the White House on Sunday to attend a social function. Today the President returned to Camp David to met with his interagency team on Iraq He also met with members of the World Cup Soccer Youth Delegation at the White House Today the First Lady spoke at the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and attended the White House Senate Spouses Luncheon in the East Room of the White House Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush are spending the weekend at Camp David. They will return late Sunday for a long-planned social engagement, and the President will return to Camp David early Monday for two days of meetings on Iraq. The sessions start with a long day of meetings between GWB and his national security team, along with the military commanders in the field via teleconference from Iraq and Central Command. Between the morning and afternoon sessions, the President will lunch with outside experts. The day ends with dinner Monday night. On Tuesday, the sessions conclude with...

President and Mrs. Bush are at Camp David. President Bush is hosting Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen at Camp David to discuss a range of bilateral and strategic issues, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Darfur; energy, and trade [the US is now the biggest foreign investor in Denmark]. The two men held a joint press conference, and rode bikes afterwards. Bush said today that Iran has "weeks not months" to respond to a U.S.-backed offer aimed at containing Iran's nuclear ambitions and said Tehran needs to suspend uranium enrichment. Welcome to Sanity Island.

Last night the President and First Lady held a retirement dinner in honor of Justice O Connor at the White House. Today the President delivered remarks to the Small Business Week Conference at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington. Today was Andy Card's last day at the White House. Later in the day the Presdent departed from the White House to spend the Easter weekend with his family at Camp David. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay at the State Department Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

President Bush called nine U.S. service members deployed from Japan to the Persian Gulf yesterday to recognize their service to the nation and wish them holiday cheer. Placing the telephone calls from his mountaintop presidential retreat at Camp David, Mr. Bush talked to eight men and one woman, a member of the Coast Guard stationed in the Gulf. "The president wished them a Merry Christmas and thanked them for their service to our country," said White House spokesman Allen Abney. "He just wanted to tell them that he was thinking of them and their families at this holiday season and...

The President departed the White House today to spend the Christmas holiday with his family at Camp David before he left he made comments on Accomplishments and Future Priorities. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in Afganistan made an unannounced trip to Iraq. British Prime Minister Tony Blair also made a visit to Iraq. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

Tuesday, August 09, 2005Taking Responsibility by Caitlyn M. Martin Palestinian Foreign Minister Nasser al-Kidwa yesterday became the latest Palestinian official to claim that Gaza will still be "occupied" even after every last Israeli departs. The Palestinians want to have full control of their borders. (The border between Gaza and Sinai, the Philadelphi Road, will be turned over to Egypt under an agreement made between Israel and Egypt.) The want full control of the sea lanes off the Gaza coast and the airspace. In other words, they want free and unfettered access to arms to use against Israel. The Palestinian demands...

WASHINGTON — Cancel the cozy days at Camp David, Md. Put away the underused running shoes. When it comes to weekend enjoyment, all President Bush seems to need is some winding trails and a helmet. And his mountain bike. Bush recently has been logging scores of miles on a secluded spread in Beltsville, Md., and the rolling hills of Quantico, Va., far from the White House. "He's become a biking maniac," said Mark McKinnon, his media adviser and frequent cycling companion. What began as a way for the president to stay fit, after three decades of running ruined his knees,...

Description: Clayton Swisher talks about the 2000 Camp David summit between Ehud Barak, Yasser Arafat, and Bill Clinton and argues that the popular understanding of what happened there is inaccurate. Mr. Swisher says that while Mr. Arafat is largely blamed for spoiling the negotiations, the U.S. and Israeli teams were just as, if not more, responsible for the talks falling apart. He also challenges reports that claim that Mr. Arafat was offered upwards of 98 percent of the occupied territories in exchange for peace. This event was held at American University in Washington, DC. Includes Q&A. Author Bio: Clayton Swisher,...

...There are three important points to understand before making any move on the Palestinian issue. The first concerns Arafat. While there is no doubt that Arafat's duplicitous character and inherent opportunism were major obstacles to peace, it would be wrong to blame him exclusively for the lack of progress towards peace. When the crunch came at the end of 2000, Arafat could not accept what the Israelis offered while the Israelis were not prepared to offer what Arafat wanted — a blanket acceptance of the right of return for Palestinian refugees and their descendants. Palestinians now living outside the historic...

At Camp David late last week and for the weekend, President Bush turned his attention to Cabinet and staffing needs. He asked Andy Card to remain as White House chief of staff; "Andy Card was honored to accept," Scott McClellan said of the 57-year-old Holbrook, Massachusetts, native. At a press conference today, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld smilingly deflected questions on the subject. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island.

The newly reelected President Bush held his first post-election Cabinet meeting, followed by his first post-election Press Conference, where he showed confidence and good humor as he laid out his second term agenda. Today is Lady Laura‘s birthday, and the President gave her a very special gift………a new Scotty puppy named Mrs. Beazley! This afternoon the President and First Lady left for Camp David where they will spend their anniversary tomorrow. It’s a GOOD time to be a Bushbot! ENJOY your trip to Sanity Island, and the Daily Dose!!

AMERICAN JEWS CHOOSE HARRI-KERRY FOR ISRAEL By Don Feder Where do American Jewish voters go for guidance? Apparently, this year we’re heeding advice from Tehran, from the rabidly anti-Semitic former prime minister of Malaysia and – of course – from our pals in the Palestinian Authority. Sorry, that’s a bit of black humor. What I mean to say is that – in one of those ironic twists of fate -- it’s likely that this year a majority of Jewish voters will cast their ballots for the presidential candidate favored by Israel’s most implacable enemies. According to The American Jewish Committee’s...

The President flew from Camp David, using the Hagerstown, MD airport, to Charleston, WV, but not before he and accompanying staff and Cabinet members had to change jets. AF1 had a faulty engine and another jet had to be flown from Andrews AFB for the President and his entourage to use. The President missed a Church service that he had planned on attending in WV, but said that he didn't miss it because of the sermon but because of a faulty engine and necessary jet change. He spoke to an enthusiastic crowd in Charleston, where applause interrupted his speech after...

The President flew to Cincinnati, Ohio for a "Victory 2004" dinner and will return to the White House later tonight.

WASHINGTON - President Bush held a conference call Saturday with his senior national security and military advisers to discuss the situation in Iraq, particularly restive Fallujah, a senior defense official said. The official said the purpose of the teleconference was mainly for Gen. John Abizaid, the top U.S. commander for the Middle East, to give Bush and others an update on the situation inside the city and the U.S. Marines' readiness to resume offensive operations against thousands of insurgents hole up there. The senior official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said it was not clear when Abizaid would determine...

CAMP DAVID, Md. - President Bush spent a quiet Christmas with his family at Camp David, exchanging gifts in the morning before a nighttime turkey dinner, a White House spokesman said. The President was joined by his wife, Laura, and their twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna, as well as his parents, former President George Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush. Other family members also joined the gathering. The holiday meal included green salad, roasted turkey and gravy with cornbread dressing, green beans, mashed potatoes and dessert of pumpkin and pecan pie. The last time the President invited his parents...

President and Mrs. Bush left Camp David today, along with Laura's mother, Jenna Welch, to go to Prairie Chapel Ranch near Crawford, Texas, where they will stay through the New Year. President Bush gave a statement expressing sympathy to the people of Iran, who suffered a devastating earthquake, and assured them of America's support for them.Enjoy your mini-Dose!

Disaster Teams Said Ready for Terrorism December 25, 2003 05:16 PM EST WASHINGTON - Disaster teams are ready to respond to any strike by the al-Qaida terrorist network and special equipment is monitoring the air for biological agents in some 30 cities, the Bush administration said Thursday. Four days after the nation went to a high Code Orange status and turned up its vigilance against terrorism, the threat had not diminished. "Credible reporting suggests al-Qaida continues to desire to attack American interests," said Brian Roehrkasse, spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security. "People have their antennas up," he said. President...

The President had a busy weekend. He called the President of China to thank him for his recent comments on Taiwan and they discussed by phone how to restart North Korea nuclear talks. During the conversation Saturday night, the two leaders made a favorable appraisal of Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to the United States this month. Hu told Pres. Bush he hoped the goal of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula can be realized through a way acceptable to all parties concerned. Sunday, after attending St. John's across the street from the White House, the President met with his Security Council...

Posted on Sun, Dec. 21, 2003 Bush starts vacation on the upswing By Bob Deans COX NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON - President Bush leaves the White House on Monday to spend Christmas with his family at Camp David, beginning a two-week holiday and winding up a difficult year with what may be the best month of his term. The past four weeks have brought the capture of Saddam Hussein, news of the strongest economic growth in 20 years, the beginning of prescription drug coverage for millions of Medicare beneficiaries and the end, it seems, to decades of efforts by Libya to...

Our peripatetic President and First Lady arrived back in Washington today after their whirlwind tour of Asia and Australia. They appeared at a Republican party fundraiser at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu last evening after visiting the USS Arizona Memorial, the USS Missouri, and Pearl Harbor Elementary School. (In their ‘free’ time they watched Game 5 of the World Series on TV!). Our First Couple finally arrived back at the White House this morning, receiving a warm welcome from Spot and Barney, and left for a weekend at Camp David this afternoon, where hopefully they can...

<p>At their weekend Camp David tete-a-tete, George W. Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin were all smiles as usual. Yet the Russian president gave little ground on a key issue, Russia's $800 million contract to help Iran build a nuclear power plant at Bushehr. This despite clear evidence of Iran's nuclear bomb ambitions with the discovery of weapons grade uranium there. Mr. Putin only offered to urge Iran to accept fuller United Nations weapons inspections, for whatever that might accomplish.</p>