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Photo Essays - March 2005
Laura Bush listens to the comments of Afghan teachers and students during a roundtable at the Women’s Teacher’s Training Institute of Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 30, 2005.
Laura Bush listens to the comments of Afghan teachers and students during a roundtable at the Women’s Teacher’s Training Institute of Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 30, 2005.
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush greet Their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway at the South Portico entrance of the White House before hosting the King and Queen for lunch Monday, March 7, 2005. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush laugh as he introduces her during her remarks on Helping America's Youth at the Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh Monday, March 7, 2005.
Laura Bush talks with Providence Family Support Center after-school program participants Isaiah Baynes, right, and Carlaija Whitehead during her visit and President Bush's to Pittsburgh to highlight the program's efforts to help area youth Monday, March 7, 2005. Laura Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice laugh during a roundtable discussion with women leaders from around the world held in honor of International Women's Day at the State Department in Washington, D.C. Tuesday, March 8, 2005. Today in her remarks at the State Department Mrs. Bush said, "We all have an obligation to speak for women who are denied their rights to learn, to vote or to live in freedom. We may come from different backgrounds, but advancing human rights is the responsibility of all humanity, a commitment shared by people of goodwill on every continent."
Laura Bush greets Afghan Ministers during her visit to the State Department for an International Women's Day Forum in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 8, 2005. Laura Bush speaks with Kenyatta "Ken" Thigpen, his girlfriend Jewell Reed and their three-year-old son, Kevion, during a visit to the Rosalie Manor Community and Family Services center in Milwaukee, Wis., Tuesday, March 8, 2005. Mrs. Bush credits a New York Times article by Jason DeParle about Mr. Thigpen's determination to be a responsible father with bringing her attention to the needs of boys and young men.
Laura Bush talks with young fathers who have turned their lives around with the help of the Today's Dad program at Rosalie Manor Community and Family Services center in Milwaukee, Wis., Tuesday, March 8, 2005. Kevion Thigpen, 3, held by his parents Kanyatta "Ken" Thigpen and his girlfriend Jewell Reed plays with a kaleidescope given to him by Laura Bush during a visit to the Rosalie Manor Community and Family Services center in Milwaukee, Wis., Tuesday, March 8, 2005. Citing a New York Times article by Jason DeParle Mrs. Bush credits Mr. Thigpen's determination to be a responsible father with bringing her attention to the needs of boys and young men.
Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern delivers remarks before presenting President George W. Bush with the traditional bowl of shamrocks during a St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Ceremony in the Roosevelt Room Thursday, March 17, 2005. Mrs. Bush holds onto Miss Beazley Monday, March 28, 2005, as she and President George W. Bush wave goodbye upon boarding Air Force One in Waco, Texas, en route home to Washington D.C.
Mrs. Laura Bush is joined by Margaret Spellings, Secretary of Education, during a visit Wednesday, March 30, 2005, to the Women's Teacher's Training Institute in Kabul, Afghanistan. Laura Bush listens to the comments of Afghan teachers and students during a roundtable at the Women’s Teacher’s Training Institute of Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 30, 2005.
Mrs. Laura Bush stands with a group of Afghan girls on hand to greet her Tuesday, March 29, 2005, upon her arrival in Kabul. A man studying to be a teacher stands to introduce himself during a visit by Mrs. Bush to Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 30, 2005.
Laura Bush is greeted by youngsters outside a Kabul bakery during her visit Wednesday, March 30, 2005. The first lady presented White House red, white & blue kaleidoscopes to the children. Laura Bush talks with female students in the newly built National Women’s Dormitory on the campus of Kabul University Wednesday, March 30, 2005, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The women’s dormitory was built to provide a safe place for young women to live while pursuing studies away from their families.
First lady Laura Bush and Margaret Spellings, Secretary of Education, center, stand with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Wednesday, March 30, 2005, after their arrival in Kabul. Children from the School of Hope hold hands during a visit by Laura Bush to Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 30, 2005.
Laura Bush and U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings are seated together onstage at Kabul University Wednesday, March 30, 2005 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mrs. Bush and Secretary Spellings toured the Women’s Teacher’s Training Institute and the National Women’s Dormitory prior to Mrs. Bush's announcement of the United States' commitment to provide more than 15 million dollars in funds for building a new university in Kabul. Afghan President Hamid Karzai jokes with Laura Bush during a meeting in the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan Wednesday, March 30, 2005.
Laura Bush and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad arrive at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan Wednesday, March 30, 2005. Laura Bush is greeted by youngsters outside a Kabul bakery during her visit Wednesday, March 30, 2005. The first lady presented White House red, white & blue kaleidoscopes to the children.
Laura Bush applauds as Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and Afghan Minister of Education Noor Mohammad Qarqeen complete the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for funds to build a university in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 30, 2005. Laura Bush and Dr. Zenat Karzai, wife of President Hamid Karzai, center, join Paula Dobrianski, second from left, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, and Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of Education, third from left, as they talk with Afghan women about issues of women's rights and education at the presidential residence in Kabul Wednesday, March 30, 2005.
Laura Bush laughs with troops as they eat dinner in the Dragon Chow Dining Hall on Bagram Air Base in Kabul, Afghanistan Wednesday, March 30, 2005.

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