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September 2006
Mrs. Laura Bush announces a $60 million public-private partnership between the U.S. Government and the Case Foundation at President Bill Clinton's Annual Global Initiative Conference in New York Wednesday, September 20, 2006. With her, from left, are: Raymond Chambers, Chairman, MCJ and Amelier Foundations; former President Bill Clinton, and Jean Case and Steve Case, founders of the Case Foundation. The partnership will work to provide clean water by 2010 to up to 10 million people in sub-Sahara Africa, where a child dies every 15 seconds due to illnesses related to unsanitary drinking water.
Mrs. Laura Bush announces a $60 million public-private partnership between the U.S. Government and the Case Foundation at President Bill Clinton's Annual Global Initiative Conference in New York Wednesday, September 20, 2006. With her, from left, are: Raymond Chambers, Chairman, MCJ and Amelier Foundations; former President Bill Clinton, and Jean Case and Steve Case, founders of the Case Foundation. The partnership will work to provide clean water by 2010 to up to 10 million people in sub-Sahara Africa, where a child dies every 15 seconds due to illnesses related to unsanitary drinking water.
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush walk to the Great Hall of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., attending the 2006 National Book Festival Gala, an annual event of books and literature, Friday evening, Sept. 29, 2006. Mrs. Laura Bush delivers remarks during the International Republican Institute's 2006 Freedom Award dinner in Washington, D.C., Thursday, September 21, 2006. Mrs. Bush and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, were presented the 2006 Freedom Award which recognizes their work in encouraging women to participate in democratic process.
Watching the launch of a new Pakistani cultural and arts website, Mrs. Laura Bush stands with student Shaan Mihza of Eleanor Roosevelt High School, left; student Timothy Brown of Chantilly High School, and Mrs.Sehba Musharraf, wife of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006, at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The website is created by the Pakistan National Council the Arts and The Kennedy Center and is called, "Gift of the Indus: The Arts and Culture of Pakistan." Mrs. Laura Bush, joined by President Michael Kaiser of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Mrs. Sehba Musharraf, wife of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, delivers remarks during a presentation for the launching of a new Pakistani arts and cultural website Thursday, September 21, 2006, at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The website is created by the Pakistan National Council the Arts and The Kennedy Center and is called, "Gift of the Indus: The Arts and Culture of Pakistan."
Mrs. Laura Bush stands with Ruth Riley, Detroit Shock WNBA player, left, and Brendan Haywood, Washington Wizards NBA player, after receiving the NBA Cares award Saturday, September, 30, 2006, during the National Book Festival opening ceremony in the East Room of the White House. Mrs. Laura Bush talks with Elmo, a puppet on the children's television show Sesame Street, in the East Room of the White House, Saturday, September 30, 2006, during the seventh annual National Book Festival opening ceremony in Washington, D.C. The festival, held on the grounds of the National Mall, will include author readings, book signings, musical performances, and storytelling for children, adults and families. More than 80 noted authors and artists from around the country will participate.
Mrs. Laura Bush announces a $60 million public-private partnership between the U.S. Government and the Case Foundation at President Bill Clinton's Annual Global Initiative Conference in New York Wednesday, September 20, 2006. With her, from left, are: Raymond Chambers, Chairman, MCJ and Amelier Foundations; former President Bill Clinton, and Jean Case and Steve Case, founders of the Case Foundation. The partnership will work to provide clean water by 2010 to up to 10 million people in sub-Sahara Africa, where a child dies every 15 seconds due to illnesses related to unsanitary drinking water. Mrs. Laura Bush joined by, left, Leone Reeder, Chair, National Fund for the U.S. Botanic Garden, and, right, Jim Hagedorn, Co-Chair, Board of Trustees, National Fund for the U.S. Botanic Garden, while the Ceremonial Garland is cut Friday, September 29, 2006, during a ceremony to celebrate the completion of the National Garden at the United States Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C. This new facility, located on a three-acre site just west of the Conservatory, will be a showcase for unusual, useful, and ornamental plants that grow well in the mid-Atlantic region.

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