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August 2008
Mrs. Laura Bush sits in on a grammar class during her visit on Aug. 7, 2008 to the Mae La Refugee Camp at Mae Sot, Thailand. The camp, the largest of nine in Thailand, houses at least 39,000 Burmese refugees, many of whom home to resettle in the United States if conditions do not permit them to return to their home country.
Mrs. Laura Bush sits in on a grammar class during her visit on Aug. 7, 2008 to the Mae La Refugee Camp at Mae Sot, Thailand. The camp, the largest of nine in Thailand, houses at least 39,000 Burmese refugees, many of whom home to resettle in the United States if conditions do not permit them to return to their home country.
The English lesson on the chalkboard in a grammar class visited by Mrs. Laura Bush in Mae La Refugee Camp tells the story of the Burmese refugees and uses three lines to discuss compound sentence construction. It says " My life in refugee is better than Burma but I don't have opportunity to go outside of my camp. I like to speak English so I am now trying hard." The Aug. 7, 2008 visit to the camp in Mae Sot, Thailand, highlighted the fact that it has been 20 years since the crackdown in Burma that sent many people fleeing the dire conditions. Many residents have been born in one of the nine camps along the border or have lived most of their lives there. Mrs. Laura Bush and daughter Ms. Barbara Bush, right, visit a grammar class at the Mae La Refugee Camp at Mae Sot, Thailand, on August 7, 2008. At least 39,000 Burmese have gathered at this camp to escape oppression in their country. The camp is the largest of nine refugee camps in Thailand.
During her visit to the Mae La Refugee Camp in Mae Sot, Thailand, Mrs. Laura Bush visits with a class studying grammar. Mrs. Bush's daughter, Ms. Barbara Bush is to the right of Mrs. Bush in the Aug. 7, 2008 visit. The camp, the largest of nine on the border, houses at least 39,000 refugees fleeing the oppression in Burma. Mrs. Laura Bush sits in on a grammar class during her visit on Aug. 7, 2008 to the Mae La Refugee Camp at Mae Sot, Thailand. The camp, the largest of nine in Thailand, houses at least 39,000 Burmese refugees, many of whom home to resettle in the United States if conditions do not permit them to return to their home country.
Mrs. Laura Bush and daughter Barbara Bush talk with a nurse Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 at Mae Tao Clinic at the Mea La Refugee Camp which provides free treatment for the sick and wounded Burmese migrant workers in Mae Sot, Thailand. Ms. Barbara Bush, daughter of President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush, spends a playful moment with a small child during her visit to the Mae Tao Clinic at the Mae La Refugee Camp in Mae Sot, Thailand Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush are greeted by China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, upon their arrival Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, at Beijing Capitol International Airport in Beijing, where they will attend the opening ceremonies for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games on Friday. President George W. Bush is greeted by U.S. Ambassador Sandy Randt upon his arrival Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. With them are former President George H.W. Bush and Ms. Barbara Bush.
Mrs. Laura Bush stands with Mrs. Sarah Randt, spouse of U.S. Ambassador to China Sandy Randt, left, Mrs. Anne Johnson, Director of Art in Embassies Program, and Ms. Barbara Bush during applause for President George W. Bush Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, at the dedication ceremony for the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush are greeted by Chinese President Hu Jintao and Madam Liu Yongqing at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, for the social lunch in honor of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush participate in a photo opportunity with President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China and Madam Liu Yongqing at the social luncheon in honor of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. The luncheon was held at the Great Hall of the People. Mrs. Laura Bush is greeted by France President Nicolas Sarkozy during a social luncheon Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in honor of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
President George W. Bush greets President Nursultan Nazabayev of Kazakhstan Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, during a social luncheon in Beijing honoring the 2008 Olympic Summer Games. Mrs. Laura Bush with U.S. Flag Bearer Lopez Lomong as she greets members of the U.S. Summer Olympic Team at the Fencing Hall in Beijing on August 8, 2008. Mr. Lomong is a survivor of the violence in his native Sudan. He is now a U.S. citizen and was selected by his teammates to lead the U.S. Olympic team into the Olympic National Stadium carrying the United States Flag at the Opening Ceremony, which followed shortly after this picture was taken.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush acknowledge the entrance of the U.S. athletes into China's National Stadium in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, for the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The President called the event "spectacular and lots of fun."

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