President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Tusk of Poland

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...

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President Bush Attends Medal of Honor Ceremony for Woodrow Wilson Keeble

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...

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President Bush Visits the Economic Club of New York

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 ...

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President Bush Discusses Kosovo

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...

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President’s Radio Address

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...

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President Bush Meets with President Talabani of Iraq

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...

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President and Mrs. Bush Attend White House Easter Egg Roll

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...

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President Bush Meets with President Karzai of Afghanistan

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...

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President Bush Discusses Economy and Tax Cuts

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...

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President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Topolanek of the Czech Republic

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...

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