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May 2006
First Lady Laura Bush attends the Inauguration Ceremony for President Oscar Arias Estadio Nacional. San Jose, Costa Rica May 8, 2006.
First Lady Laura Bush attends the Inauguration Ceremony for President Oscar Arias Estadio Nacional. San Jose, Costa Rica May 8, 2006.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush present the Preserve America award for private preservation to Judy Christa-Cathey, Vice President Brand Management, and Scott Douglas Schrank, Vice President Brand Performance and Support, both of Hampton Hotels' nationwide Save-A-Landmark program, in the Oval Office Monday, May 1, 2006. Mrs. Laura Bush and President George W. Bush address guests in the Rose Garden during an event honoring the recipients of the Preserve America Presidential Awards May 1, 2006.
Mrs. Laura Bush is joined by participants in the U.S. State Department's partnership with FORTUNE's Most Powerful Women mentoring program Monday, May 1, 2006 at the White House. The new program provides a significant opportunity for top U.S. women executives to mentor emerging women in businesses from around the world, allowing women from across the globe to spend a month working with mentors in the U.S. to enhance their management and business skills. Mrs. Laura Bush welcomes the 2006 National Science Bowl Champions from State College, Pa., to the White House, Monday, May 1, 2006. From left to right are students Barry Liu, Jason Ma, Ylaine Gerardin, Galen Lynch, Francois Greet and their team coach Julie Gittings. The National Science Bowl, the nationís largest science competition, is co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Mrs. Laura Bush, addressing an audience Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at the Gorenflo Elementary School in Biloxi, Miss., announces the distribution of $500,000 in grants for 10 Gulf Coast school libraries made possible by The Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries' Gulf Coast School Library Recovery Initiative. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush greet Marines following an Evening Parade, May 5, 2006, at the Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C.
Laura Bush participates in an education roundtable at the Escuela de los Estados Unidos. San Jose, Costa Rica May 8, 2006. Mrs. Laura Bush participates in a roundtable discussion about education in Costa Rica during a recent trip to a school in the country's capitol city, San Jose, Monday, May 8, 2006. "As a teacher and a librarian myself, I love to visit schools around the world, and I know that you have quite a treasure in your children," said Mrs. Bush in a statement to the press. "I want to wish President Arias, the education minister, and all the teachers and children in Costa Rica the very best as everyone focuses on education to make sure every single child in Costa Rica gets a great education."
Mrs. Laura Bush participates in a roundtable discussion about education in Costa Rica during a recent trip to the country's capitol city, San Jose, Monday, May 8, 2006. Students wave Costa Rican and American flags during Mrs. Bush's visit to their school, Escuela de los Estados Unidos, in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, May 8, 2006.
Laura Bush stands next to President Vicente Fox and his wife Marta Sahagun de Fox of Mexico during the inaugural ceremony of President Oscar Arias at the Estadio Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, May 8, 2006. People sitting in the pattern of the Costa Rican flag fill the stands as President-elect Oscar Arias walks in a procession as part of his inaugural ceremony at the Estadio Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, May 8, 2006.
President Oscar Arias is embraced by outgoing President Abel Pacheco during the inaugural at the Estadio Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, May 8, 2006. First Lady Laura Bush attends the Inauguration Ceremony for President Oscar Arias Estadio Nacional. San Jose, Costa Rica May 8, 2006.
After the inauguration ceremony, Mrs. Laura Bush greets President Oscar in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, May 8, 2006. "Today I had the opportunity to convey to President Arias the United States' strong support and partnership with Costa Rica," said Mrs. Bush in a statement to the press. "We have a history of a long friendship, and I'm very, very happy to have been the one to get to give him the very best wishes of the American people."

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