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PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President and First Lady (and the dogs) are spending the weekend at Camp David, where GWB monitored the Iraqi constitutional referendum. Following are excerpts from the latest AP story. Little Violence As Iraqis Vote on Charter By LEE KEATH, Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sunni Arabs voted in surprisingly high numbers on Iraq's new constitution Saturday, many of them hoping to defeat it in an intense competition with Shiites and Kurds over the shape of the nation's young democracy after decades of dictatorship. The constitution still seemed likely to pass, as expected. But...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President Bush is spending the weekend at Camp David. He will travel to Morganstown, West Virginia, on Monday to participate in 4th of July celebrations there. The First Lady has been away from Washington recently. However, she will be traveling with the President to Europe this coming week. Our beloved Dubya will mark his 59th birthday on July 6. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. PRESIDENT! And a rousing HAPPY 229TH BIRTHDAY to our great nation. Laura Bush to visit Tanzania 2005-07-01 07:09:58 By Guardian Reporter US First Lady Laura Bush will visit Tanzania later this month. She...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President and Mrs. Bush are at Camp David for the weekend. THE WEEK AHEAD: From the press briefing aboard Air Force One yesterday by Press Secretary Scott McClellan. Monday, the President will be meeting with the European Union leaders, part of United States-EU summit that will be going on. And then they'll participate in a press availability in the East Room. This will include Presidents Juncker and Barroso, as well as High Representative Solana. McClellan: It will be an opportunity to talk about how we can move forward to spread freedom and democracy, strengthen...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: Other than his weekly radio address, the President and First Lady are spending a quiet weekend. No word on whether they are at the White House or at Camp David. The following bit of news is from the Texas media. Former President Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush to celebrate their birthdays FridayFormer President George H. W. Bush celebrated his 80th birthday last year by skydiving from a plane 12,000 feet above the Bush Presidential Library in College Station. This year the former president and former First Lady Barbara Bush will celebrate his 81st...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President and First Lady are spending the weekend at their Crawford ranch. Undoubtedly Barney and Beezie are with them, but no new photos have turned up on Yahoo News Photos. (Sigh.) British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be visiting the President at the White House on Tuesday. The meeting is intended to be preparatory to the G8 Summit to be held in Scotland next month. They are expected to talk about aid to Africa, as well as the status of things in Afghanistan and Iraq. THE WEEK AHEAD: From White House Press Secretary Scott...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President and First Lady, along with former President Bush, arrived in Waco, TX, yesterday evening. The first couple are spending several days at the ranch. NEXT WEEK'S SCHEDULE: President Bush welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to his Crawford Ranch Monday. Due to the unplanned trip to Rome, nothing further was released in press briefings about the President's schedule this week. QUOTE OF THE DAY: Sounding tired, the President spoke to the media aboard AF1 on the way back from Rome. His voice sounded a little hoarse. In this quote from his talk with...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: On Wednesday, the President hosted the bipartisan Congressional leadership at the White House. It was an opportunity to talk about a range of issues, including the President's upcoming trip to Europe. The President and First Lady, who are spending a quiet day in the White House today, will leave Washington Sunday enroute to their first stop in Brussels, Belgium. The President will hold summit talks with leaders of NATO and the European Union, and will meet with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, French President Jacques Chirac, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Russian President Vladimir Putin among...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: As has become their custom while in Washington on Sundays, the President and First Lady attended St. John's Church. They are spending a quiet weekend in Washington. In DC, there is always some wag who has to nitpick just to fill column space. I saw an article the other day in which the author was speculating as to why a President who says he doesn't like Washington has spent the last several weekends in the city instead of going to Camp David. Now why can't I get paid for doing nothing -- a job situation...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President and Mrs. Bush are spending the weekend at the White House. There are no scheduled public appearances. There was some confusion on FR this week as to whether or not Karl Rove was promoted. He was, in fact, promoted to Deputy White House Chief of Staff. For those interested in the details, here is a link to the daily WH press briefing at which Rove's appointment was discussed in full. For those who are interested in the Jeff Gannon matter, here's a link to the daily WH press briefing in which this matter...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President returned after dark from Florida yesterday. It appears that he and First Lady are relaxing at the White House this weekend. This past week, in addition to the SOTU and other publicized events, the President spoke with several foreign leaders this week, including: Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer to talk about the NATO training mission in Iraq. Prime Minister Koizumi of Japan. This was a call the President initiated. They talked about the successful election in Iraq and the way forward. They also talked about the importance of moving forward on the six-party...

The first family attended church this morning. Afterwards, the President headed to Camp David where he was to meet with his advisors to work on his State of the Union Address. QUOTE OF THE DAY: At this second gathering, our duties are defined not by the words I use, but by the history we have seen together. For a half century, America defended our own freedom by standing watch on distant borders. After the shipwreck of communism came years of relative quiet, years of repose, years of sabbatical - and then there came a day of fire. Some, I know,...

The President, First Lady and their parents relaxed at the White House today. Former President GHW Bush visited the press corps on duty in the WH press briefing room. QUOTE OF THE DAY: This week, Washington has been marked by pomp and circumstance. In a free nation, these ceremonies are more than pageantry. They underscore that public office is a public trust. America's elected leaders derive their authority from the consent of the American people, whom we serve. This is a high privilege, and that privilege carries a serious responsibility: to confront problems now, instead of passing them on to...