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August 2006
Mrs. Laura Bush speaks at the second regional Helping America's Youth Conference on Friday, August 4, 2006, in Denver, Colorado. This conference featured a panel exploring the unique challenges facing youth whose military parents are deployed.
Mrs. Laura Bush speaks at the second regional Helping America's Youth Conference on Friday, August 4, 2006, in Denver, Colorado. This conference featured a panel exploring the unique challenges facing youth whose military parents are deployed.
Mrs. Laura Bush, joined by, from left, Robert D. Coombe, Ph.D., Chancellor, University of Denver, Jordan Suniga, Student, Grace Keirnes, Student, and Lt. Governor Jane E. Norton, Lt. Governor of Colorado, attends the second regional Helping America's Youth Conference on Friday, August 4, 2006, in Denver, Colorado. According to the Department of Defense there are approximately 189, 000 children of deployed parents nationwide. A member of The Seven Falls Indian Dancers performs during the second regional Helping America's Youth Conference on Friday, August 4, 2006, in Denver, Colorado. The dancers are from the Pawnee, Flandreau Santee-Sioux Crow Creek Sioux, and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes. The troupe has been dancing throughout Colorado for over 25 years.
Mrs. Laura Bush speaks at the second regional Helping America's Youth Conference on Friday, August 4, 2006, in Denver, Colorado. This conference featured a panel exploring the unique challenges facing youth whose military parents are deployed. Mrs. Laura Bush meets with Biloxi, Miss., residents Sandy Patterson, left, and her husband, Thomas "Lynn" Patterson Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, during a walking tour in the same Biloxi neighborhood President George W. Bush visited following Hurricane Katrina in September 2005. The tour allowed President Bush the opportunity to assess the progress of the area's recovery and rebuilding efforts a year after the devastating hurricane.
President George W. Bush waves as he is joined by Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway, left, Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, during President Bush's walking tour in the same Biloxi, Miss., neighborhood he visited following Hurricane Katrina in September 2005. The tour allowed President Bush the opportunity to assess the progress of the area's recovery and rebuilding efforts following the devastating hurricane. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush are surrounded by members of the New Orleans Saints football team Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006, as they point out the name of Saints star rookie running back Reggie Bush, when the team met President Bush at the New Orleans Airport to pose for a team photo.
A young girl receives a blessing during a memorial Mass attended by President George W. Bush and Laura Bush at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Tuesday morning, Aug. 29, 2006, to commemorate the one- year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Mrs. Laura Bush meets and speaks with members of the Gorenflo Elementary School first grade class and their faculty Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, at their temporary portable classroom at the Beauvoir Elementary School in Biloxi, Miss. The students, whose school was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, are sharing the facilities of the Beauvoir school until their school's renovations are complete.
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush, center-front row, join hundreds of guests and parishioners Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006, during a service at New Orleans' St. Louis Cathedral commemorating the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Mrs. Laura Bush embraces two students Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, as she meets and speaks with members of the Gorenflo Elementary School first grade class in their temporary portable classroom at the Beauvoir Elementary School in Biloxi, Miss. The students, whose school was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, are sharing the facilities of the Beauvoir school until their school’s renovations are complete.

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