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President Bush Meets with President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. President, welcome back. You and I have met a lot since I have been the President and you have been the President. And I appreciate your determination and your desire to have a Palestinian state, and I share that desire with you. It’s not easy — no doubt it must be frustra...
President Bush Meets with Premier Wen Jiabao of the People’s Republic of China PREMIER WEN: (As translated.) Mr. President, welcome to Beijing. I also welcome your family members and other friends from the United States to the Beijing Olympic Games. I was informed that yesterday you went to see the American athletes in Beijing and you also watched a match played by the...
Statement by the President on Legislation to Address Crisis in Financial Markets Over the weekend, members of my Administration and congressional leaders worked on legislation to address the crisis in our Nation’s financial markets. They made good headway toward a bill that can pass the House and Senate in a timely manner, and the American people appreciate their effor...
President Bush Visits with American and Korean Troops THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Berlus — how about the Corporal? What a silver-tongued devil. (Applause.) Thank you, Corporal Berlus. Thanks for the kind introduction. I’m feeling pretty spiffy in my new jacket. (Applause.) Feeling pretty warm in it, too. (Laughter.) I am so honored to be here at Freedom’s...
President Bush Meets with President Hu Jintao of the People’s Republic of China PRESIDENT HU: (As translated.) I’m very happy to meet you again, President Bush. And I would like to welcome you and your family members to Beijing for the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games, and also to watch the games. This is already your fourth visit to China and this has certa...
President Bush Discusses Situation in Georgia, Urges Russia to Cease Military Operations THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I’ve just met with my national security team to discuss the crisis in Georgia. I’ve spoken with President Saakashvili of Georgia, and President Sarkozy of France this morning. The United States strongly supports France’s efforts, as Presiden...
President Bush Participates in Briefing on Hurricane Gustav, Discusses Energy THE PRESIDENT: Members of my Cabinet have assembled here, and I thank you all for coming. We recognize that the pre-storm efforts were important and so are the follow-up efforts — in other words, what happens after the storm passes is as important as what happens prior to the storm arriving. ...
President Bush Participates in Signing Ceremony with NATO Secretary General De Hoop Scheffer for NATO Accession Protocols for Albania and Croatia PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. Secretary General, it’s good to have you here in the White House. SECRETARY GENERAL DE HOOP SCHEFFER: Thank you, Mr. President. PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you for your steadfast leadership and your courage. Amb...
President Bush Visits Alamo Regional Command Reception Center THE PRESIDENT: You know, one of the great things about our country is the number of people who volunteer during one of these incidents. Here are some Red Cross volunteers. They are — they symbolize the thousands that will help. And my call to our fellow citizens is that — find out how you can help. You...
President Bush Discusses World AIDS Day THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Today is World AIDS Day, a day we reaffirm our commitment to fight HIV/AIDS at home and abroad. Thirty-three million people around the world are living with HIV, including more than one million Americans. Once again this year, to observe World AIDS Day, there is a red ribbon on the North Portico of the Whi...
President Bush Attends Graduation Ceremony for Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agents THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Mr. Director, thank you for your kind introduction and thank you for your leadership. Proud that you invited your wife, Ann, here to be with us. I thank the Attorney General for joining us today. Members of the FBI Academy staff, distinguished guests, famil...
President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Olmert of Israel PRESIDENT BUSH: I am pleased to welcome my friend, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, back to the Oval Office. And I thank you for bringing your wife to have dinner tonight with Laura and me. I’m looking forward to it. We’ve been through a lot together during our time in office. We strongly believe that Israel wi...
Interview Excerpts of President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush by Doro Bush Koch for StoryCorps On November 12, 2008, the President and Mrs. Bush participated in an interview for StoryCorps, the national oral history initiative. The interview was conducted in the White House residence by the President’s sister, Doro Bush Koch. An excerpt aired yesterday on NPR station...
President Bush Attends Rededication Ceremony of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Thank you for the warm welcome. Be seated. Charles and Rich, thanks a lot. I gratefully accept the Freedom Award. And I’m honored to be with you today as we rededicate a great monument to freedom: the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. At this cerem...
President Bush Participates in Press Availability with Afghanistan President Karzai in Afghanistan PRESIDENT KARZAI: (Not translated.) Most welcome, Mr. President; most welcome. PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you, sir. Thanks, Mr. President, it’s good to be with a dear friend. You and I have spent a lot of time together and we have done a lot of work together, all aiming to giv...
President and Mrs. Bush Host Children’s Holiday Reception and Performance THE PRESIDENT: Welcome to the White House. Yes! We’re excited you are here. And we’re excited you’re here for a couple of reasons: One, we love to see the wonder in people’s eyes when they get to see the majesty of the White House at this time of year. And I’m looki...
President Bush Participates in Roundtable on Mentoring Children of Prisoners Initiative THE PRESIDENT:I am thankful that you all have come to talk to me about a very important initiative, and it’s a mentoring program aimed at helping children of people who are incarcerated. I set a goal for the country that from 2003 until 2008 that we’d have 100,000 such matches...
PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. President, bienvenido de nuevo. I am honored to have you back. I appreciate your friendship, and I appreciate your strong leadership for the people of our close ally, El Salvador. We’ve had a very good discussion. First I want to thank you for your support of freedom in Iraq. You have been steadfast in recognizing that freedom is the way to help bui...
President Bush Meets with Darfur Human Rights Activist Dr. Halima Bashir THE PRESIDENT: I have just had the distinct pleasure and honor of visiting with Dr. Halima Bashir, who wrote a book called “Tears of the Desert.” This good soul brings firsthand accounts to what life is like in Darfur. She has witnessed violence, deprivation, and she carries a message of a ...
President Bush Discusses the Transition with Employees of the Executive Office of the President THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming. Mr. Vice President and Lynne, thank you for being here with us. Laura and I welcome you to the South Lawn — better known as Barney’s playground. (Laughter.) I want to thank members of my Cabinet who’ve joined us. We’...