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March 10, 2008 PRESIDENT BUSH: It’s been my honor to welcome the Prime Minister of our very close ally and strategic partner, Poland. We’ll both have opening statements, and then we’ll take two questions a side. I want to thank you for your candor, thank you for your friendship. The people of Poland stand as a great example of freedom and liberty. This is...
PRESIDENT BUSH: Good morning, Mr. President. Welcome back to the White House. I appreciate your friendship and I admire your bold leadership. You have transformed your nation and you have made Colombia a powerful example of how democracy can work in our neighborhood, and I congratulate you. Colombia is one of our closest allies and we have worked together on many important...
March 3, 2008 THE PRESIDENT: Welcome. Thanks for coming. Mr. Vice President, Mr. Secretary, members of the Dakotan Congressional Delegations, Senator from Alaska, other members of Congress, Members of my Cabinet, members of the administration, members of the United States Armed Forces, distinguished guests: Welcome to the White House. The Medal of Honor is the highest awa...
March 14, 2008 THE PRESIDENT: Glenn, thanks for the kind introduction. Thanks for giving me a chance to speak to the Economic Club of New York. It seems like I showed up in a interesting moment — (laughter) — during an interesting time. I appreciate the fact that you’ve assembled to give me a chance to share some ideas with you. I also appreciate the fact ...
February 19, 2008 THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Sunday, the people of Kosovo declared their independence. They have asked the United States for diplomatic recognition, and yesterday the United States formally recognized Kosovo as a sovereign and independent nation. In it’s declaration of independence Kosovo committed itself to the highest standards of democracy, inclu...
January 29, 2008 THE PRESIDENT: Director Nussle, thank you. Before I sign the executive order on earmarks, I do want to congratulate the House of Representatives for overwhelmingly passing a economic growth package that would help our economy. The temptation is going to be for the Senate to load it up. My concern is that we need to get this bill out of the Senate and on my ...
THE PRESIDENT: I’m going to make a quick statement. Then I want to come around and say thank you in person to you. First of all, Governor, thanks for having me down here. Phase one of the response to Gustav went very well. A lot of it had to do with the people in this room. We’re much better coordinated this time than we were with Katrina. State government, the ...
June 5, 2008 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, all. Please be seated. Mr. Secretary, thank you for your kind introduction, and thank you for inviting me to join you to break ground for the United States Institute of Peace’s new home. I’m really pleased to be here. I appreciate what you do to resolve conflict and support new democracies and to build peace by promoting ef...
May 24, 2008 THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This Memorial Day weekend, kids will be out of school, moms and dads will be firing up the grill, and families across our country will mark the unofficial beginning of summer. But as we do, we should all remember the true purpose of this holiday — to honor the sacrifices that make our freedom possible. On Monday, I will comme...
PRESIDENT BUSH: It’s been my honor to welcome a friend, President Talabani, back to the Oval Office. He is the President of a free Iraq. He is a man who’s been on the front lines of helping to unify Iraq and to help Iraq recover from a brutal regime — that of Saddam Hussein. I complimented the President on the progress that the government has made. I compl...
March 24, 2008 THE PRESIDENT: Well, Laura and I welcome you to the White House for the Easter Egg Roll. How about the Jonas Brothers? Thanks for coming. (Applause.) We are sure glad you’re here. We welcome you to the Easter Egg Roll. Pretty soon after a few remarks, I have the honor of blowing the whistle to start the Easter Egg Roll. But we’ve got a lot of oth...
May 17, 2008 PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. President, good to see you, thanks. President Karzai and I have had a lot of meetings together, and this was a very upbeat meeting, and I want to thank you for coming. I appreciate your courage. Appreciate you taking on a very tough assignment — which is helping your young democracy survive amidst the threats from the radicals and extr...
June 2, 2008 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming. I want to thank Dr. Lindsey and Bob Carroll, and John and Marty — thank you all for talking about the benefits and wisdom of keeping taxes low. I do want to remind people what life was like in the years 2001 and 2003. The country was having some pretty tough economic times in 2001. Larry, you might remember that per...
February 27, 2008 PRESIDENT BUSH: We’ll have opening statements, and then we’ll accept two questions a side. Mr. Prime Minister, welcome. We value our friendship and our partnership with the people of the Czech Republic. I remember well my visit to your beautiful country. We’ve had a significant discussion today. It turns out the year eight is an importan...
PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. President, thank you very much for your time. We — you and I have had a lot of meetings together, and I always appreciate the candid discussions on a variety of issues. The President and I discussed Taiwan. We discussed Sudan. We discussed trade. We discussed a variety of issues. I told the President I was looking forward to coming to the Olympics....
March 12, 2008 THE PRESIDENT: Gracias. Thank you. Siéntese. Gracias mi amigo, David. Thank you for having me back yet again to speak. This is an opportunity de practicar mi Español — (laughter) — of course, a lot of people say I ought to be spending more time practicing my English. (Laughter.) But I’m thrilled to be with you. (Applause.) I re...
PRESIDENT BUSH: I’m really pleased to be standing with a really good friend of the American people and a great leader in Africa, President Kikwete of Tanzania. I just — first of all, I’d like to announce that he’s coming to visit in late August. I’m really looking forward to having you to the White House; looking forward to giving you a good din...
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. A few moments ago I signed legislation that funds our troops who are in harm’s way. Our nation has no greater responsibility than supporting our men and women in uniform — especially since we’re at war. This is a responsibility all of us in Washington share — not as Republicans or Democrats, but as Americans. And I want to...
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, family and friends, and most importantly, members of the graduating class: Thanks for having me. I...
7:53 A.M. (Local) 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 give the people of Afghanistan a better life. I’m glad to be with you. I ho...