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January 2008
Mrs. Laura Bush delivers remarks to the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council Thursday, January 17, 2008, at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. During her remarks, Mrs. Bush said, "Council initiatives have educated women judges and lawyers about Afghanistan's new constitution. Women parliamentarians have come to the U.S. to meet with members of Congress. Hundreds of midwives are being trained to help reduce Afghanistan's high maternal mortality rate. Micro-credit loans have been extended to Afghan entrepreneurs. Afghan women manage community banks, and attend graduate-level business seminars in the United States."
Mrs. Laura Bush delivers remarks to the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council Thursday, January 17, 2008, at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. During her remarks, Mrs. Bush said, "Council initiatives have educated women judges and lawyers about Afghanistan's new constitution. Women parliamentarians have come to the U.S. to meet with members of Congress. Hundreds of midwives are being trained to help reduce Afghanistan's high maternal mortality rate. Micro-credit loans have been extended to Afghan entrepreneurs. Afghan women manage community banks, and attend graduate-level business seminars in the United States."
Mrs. Laura Bush meets with George and Trish Vradenberg, both of the Vradenburg Foundation, at the White House on January 9, 2008. Mrs. Bush participated in an interview with Trish Vradenburg on her father's battle with Alzheimer's Disease. To find out more about Alzheimer's Disease, visit www.alz.org. Mrs. Laura Bush poses for a photo with the Brazil Youth Ambassadors during their visit to the White House, Monday, Jan. 14, 2008. The organization promotes intercultural understanding among Brazilian and American youth.
Mrs. Laura Bush speaks with members of the BrazilYouth Ambassadors group during their visit to the White House, Monday, Jan. 14, 2008. The organization promotes intercultural understanding among Brazilian and American youth. Mrs. Laura Bush along with Dr. Anne Radice, the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, right, presents a 2007 National Awards for Museum and Library Services awards to both Nancy Stueber, Director, and Priyam Shah, Community Representative of the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, Portland, OR, during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House Monday, January 14, 2008. "Regular visitors to OMSI can touch a tornado, uncover a fossil, experience an earthquake, visit the Northwest's largest planetarium, explore a Navy submarine, or just experiment on their own in one of eight hands-on labs." Mrs. Bush said of the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry during her remarks.
Mrs. Laura Bush delivers remarks during a ceremony for the Institute of Museum and Library Services in the East Room at the White House Monday, January 14, 2008. "Our country is fortunate to have so many outstanding museums and libraries." Mrs. Bush said during her remarks, "This year, we've expanded the IMLS awards to recognize ten institutions -- all with impressive collections, and a strong sense of responsibility to the communities that they serve." The Institute of Museum and Library Services National Awards for Museum and Library Service honor outstanding museums and libraries that demonstrate an ongoing institutional commitment to public service. It is the nation's highest honor for excellence in public service provided by these institutions. Mrs. Laura Bush and Dr. Tish Howard, Principal, Washington Mill Elementary School, listen as Damien Floyd, Student, reads an essay he wrote on George Washington, during a Mount Vernon's "George Washington's Return to School" ceremony at Washington Mill Elementary School Tuesday, January 15, 2008, in Alexandria, Virginia. The "Portrait of Leadership" initiative was planned to coincide with the 275th birthday year of George Washington, celebrated in February of 2007, to help put a portrait of George Washington in class rooms in all fifty states.
Ms. Mary Wiseman, Martha Washington Re-enactor, Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens, leads Mrs. Laura Bush, Santiago Echeverria, Student, and Dr. Tish Howard, Principal, Washington Mill Elementary School, in a ceremony at Washington Mill Elementary School Tuesday, January 15, 2008, in Alexandria, Virginia, to celebrate Mount Vernon's "George Washington's Return to School" program. The "Portrait of Leadership" initiative was planned to coincide with the 275th birthday year of George Washington, celebrated in February of 2007, to help put a portrait of George Washington in class rooms in all fifty states. Mrs Laura Bush joins members of the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council for a roundtable discussion Thursday, January 17, 2008, at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. The U.S.-Afghan Women's Council promotes education, literacy, political participation, economic participation, and access to healthcare for women and children of Afghanistan.
Mrs. Laura Bush delivers remarks to the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council Thursday, January 17, 2008, at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. During her remarks, Mrs. Bush said, "Council initiatives have educated women judges and lawyers about Afghanistan's new constitution. Women parliamentarians have come to the U.S. to meet with members of Congress. Hundreds of midwives are being trained to help reduce Afghanistan's high maternal mortality rate. Micro-credit loans have been extended to Afghan entrepreneurs. Afghan women manage community banks, and attend graduate-level business seminars in the United States." Mrs. Laura Bush poses for photos with Nabi Sensoy, Turkish Ambassador to the United States, his wife Gulgun Sensoy, and Dr. Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman Friday January 18, 2007, during a visit to the Contemporary Turkish Painting Exhibit at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C.
Mrs Laura Bush participates in a tour of the Contemporary Turkish Painting Exhibit Friday January 18, 2007, at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Bush is accompanied on the tour by Nabi Sensoy, Turkish Ambassador to the United States, his wife Gulgun Sensoy, and Ambassador Nancy Brinker, Chief of Protocol of the United States. The tour was led by Dr. Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman, and Stephen Phillips, Federal Reserve Fine Arts Director. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush are joined by Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, right, and Ginnie Cooper,Chief Librarian for the Washington, D.C. libraries, left, posing for photos with children and staff at a reading class commemorating Martin Luther King Day Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
Mrs. Laura Bush speaks to the audience Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, during the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Coming Up Taller awards ceremony in the East Room of the White House. Mrs. Bush told her audience, "The Coming Up Taller award winners have made a demonstrable impact on the lives of children, many of whom need extra attention from caring adults to help them stay on track for a healthy and successful life." Ritmo en Accion, from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, performs during the Coming Up Taller awards ceremony Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, in the East Room of the White House. The youth dance initiative was created in 2001 by the Hyde Square Task Force to combat high crime, violence and low student achievement in its tough, inner-city Boston neighborhood.
The Richmond Boys Choir, led by Artistic Director Billy Dye, performs during the Coming Up Taller awards ceremony Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, in the East Room of the White House. In thanking the choir afterwards, Mrs. Laura Bush said, "I like that you sang Stevie Wonder's song, "Always," because I think that's what children in each one of these programs that we've represented today will learn in your programs, and that is that somebody will love them always."

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