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May 22, 2007 1. MYTH: Ending the current green card backlog would result in 900,000 new residents per year on top of current numbers. FACT: The current proposal aims to end the green card backlog in eight years. However, this does not mean that 3.5 to 4 million people over the current number will be admitted into the country. The backlog will be cleared in two ways: 240,...
May 17, 2007 2:12 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Good afternoon. Welcome. Here we are in the East Room, a room that has had a long history. When President John Adams moved in, his wife, Abigail, used it to dry the family’s laundry. (Laughter.) Abraham Lincoln’s children once raced their goats in this room during a reception. (Laughter.) Joint Reserve Office...
Statement by the Presidentto the Nation911当晚布什总统在白宫向全国发表电视讲话8:30 P.M. EDT, 2001/09/11 Good evening. Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. The victims were in airplanes or in their offices. Secretaries, business men and women, military and federal work...
President Bill Clinton: My fellow citizens, tonight is my last opportunity to speak to you from the Oval Office as your president. I am profoundly grateful to you for twice giving me the honor to serve, to work for you and with you to prepare our nation for the 21st century. And I’m grateful to Vice President Gore, to my Cabinet secretaries, and to all those who ha...
October 4, 2007 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming. Please be seated. Ramadan Mubarak. Laura and I are pleased to have you here for our seventh Iftaar dinner. Tonight we celebrate traditions of Islamic faith, which brings hope and comfort to more than a billion people. For Muslims around the world, the holy month of Ramadan is a special time of prayer and fasting. It is...
March 28, 2007 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Brian. Laura and I are happy to be here. I’d like to thank the Radio and TV Correspondents Association for providing dinner tonight. And I’d like to thank Senator Webb for providing security. (Laughter and applause.) I’m glad to see everybody here is enjoying themselves. Don’t think I haven’t noticed all...
THE PRESIDENT: You know, one of the wonderful experiences of being a President is to welcome citizens who have served their communities with valor and compassion. And General and I are surrounded by four such gentlemen who have been heroic in their duties. They will tell you they were just doing their job; I’m telling you they did their job with extraordinary courage. ...
April 28, 2007 5:13 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Mr. President. You’re on your way. (Laughter.) Christopher, thank you for your fine introduction. I see your mom over there. I know she’s awfully proud of you. (Laughter.) Dr. Padron, Dr. Gray, members of the board of trustees, members of the administration, faculty, and staff, former Governor Bus...
September 29, 2007 THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Today I am signing emergency legislation to fund the Federal government for the next seven weeks. This legislation was necessary because Congress failed in its most basic responsibility: to pass the spending bills that fund the day-to-day operations of the government. There are 12 of these bills this year, and Congress did no...
November 29, 2007 THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Thanks for coming. I just finished briefings with Secretary Gates, Deputy Secretary England, Admiral Mullen, and the Joint Chiefs. We discussed the long-term needs of our military services and the importance of progressing with modernization. The men and women of this department, the Department of Defense, are helping to car...
February 26, 2007 11:22 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please be seated. I’m looking for some of the crumbs that got dropped last night here. (Laughter.) Glad you’re here, thanks for coming. I hope you enjoyed the dinner as much as we did last night. (Applause.) I thought it was a good, relaxing evening. And I thank you all for joining us today. I want...
If There Were No After Life 作者：北外英语基地校长宋远利 翻译：北京外国语大学北戴河外语培训基地副校长 张宝丹 Whether there’s afterlife, the answer has never been the same. The atheists deny after life, believing that our life is no more than from the cradle to the grave. They may care about their illustrious names after death; they may feel attached to the affection...
April 10, 2007 10:23 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Good morning; please be seated. Thank you for your warm hospitality. It’s a pleasure to be here at Legion Post 177, Fairfax, Virginia. I appreciate you inviting me. And I’ve come to share some thoughts about service to our country, this war we face, and the need for the United States Congress to make su...
April 23, 2007 1:40 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming. Today I have been discussing the Medicare Part D reforms that Congress passed and I signed, and that Mike Leavitt and a lot of other people helped to implement. This reform of Medicare has been a great success. Most importantly, it’s been a great success for our senior citizens. The cost of the pr...
September 14, 2007 12:43 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: It’s my honor to come to Quantico to speak to our general officers and our officers and sergeants who train young lieutenants. I had the chance to speak to some of the lieutenants. First of all, my first impression is, it’s amazing country where people volunteer in the face of danger. These lieutenants — Ma...
January 7, 2008 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please be seated. Thank you very much for coming. I am so honored to be at Horace Greeley. People say, why would you want to come to Horace Greeley? Because it’s a center of excellence. It’s a place for this country to realize what is possible when you have a good principal, that’s supported by the community, w...
March 28, 2007 10:13 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thanks for having me. (Applause.) Thank you, please be seated. Not a bad introduction by a cowboy. (Laughter.) Thanks for having me. Welcome to Washington. I’m glad to be with you. I was telling Laura this morning, I’m really looking forward to going over to talk to the nation’s cattlemen. I appreciate being wit...
September 25, 2007 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming. This is a meeting of people who love liberty and who understand that freedom is universal. I appreciate the ability to share thoughts about how to embolden those who seek reform to stand with those who are willing to fight tyranny, and ways for us all to be effective. As you know, there are people around the world...
November 29, 2007 PRESIDENT BUSH: Bienvenidos, a mi amigo, el amigo de los Estados Unidos, Presidente Saca. Thanks for coming, Mr. President. We just had an extensive discussion. I first want to congratulate the President on winning a distinguished honor with the IRI award. It’s a recognition of strong leadership. The President deserves the award because he’s b...