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Mrs. Laura Bush address the White House Symposium on Advancing Global Literacy: Building a Foundation for Freedom, which convened at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, Sept. 22, 2008. With a projection screen display to her side, Mrs. Bush noted that "literacy is at the core of sustainable solutions to the world's greatest problems." Worldwide more than 770 million adults live without literacy skills.
Mrs. Laura Bush address the White House Symposium on Advancing Global Literacy: Building a Foundation for Freedom, which convened at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, Sept. 22, 2008. With a projection screen display to her side, Mrs. Bush noted that "literacy is at the core of sustainable solutions to the world's greatest problems." Worldwide more than 770 million adults live without literacy skills.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush welcome President John Agyekum Kufuor and Mrs. Theresa Kufuor of Ghana Monday, Sept. 15, 2008, upon their arrival to the North Portico of the White House for a State Dinner in their honor. President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush pose with President John Agyekum Kufuor of Ghana and Mrs. Theresa Kufuor after their arrival at the White House Monday, Sept. 15, 2008, for a State Dinner.
Mrs. Laura Bush offers photos of the Bush family dogs, Scottish Terrier's Barney and Mrs. Beazley, and the cat, Willie, to a little girl before departing from Forbes Field in Topeka, Kan., on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008. She had just greeted members of the military gathered to see her departure from the air field. Mrs. Laura Bush and Joe Torsella, President of the National Constitution Center, listen to performance for school children noting the 221st anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution on Constitution Day. The program, in the East Room of the White House on Sept. 17, 2008, was designed to help make the children more aware of United States History. Mrs. Bush pointed out that Constitution Day is designed to encourage Americans to learn more about our country's founding documents. The performance was part of the six-year-old We the People program created by President George W. Bush.
Children listen as Mrs. Laura Bush opens a performance of scenes from the National Constitutions Center's new Freedom Rising performance. The purpose of the event on Sept. 17, 2008 in the White House East Room was to make children more aware of Constitution Day and of United States history. Mrs. Laura Bush welcomes a group of children to the East Room of the White House on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, for an American history performance by the National Constitution Center to highlight the 221st anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution.
Mrs. Laura Bush is given a tour of the Nasher Sculpture Center by Acting Chief Curator Jed Morse, left, Trustee Nancy Nasher, second from left, and Debbie Francis, right, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, in Dallas. Mrs. Laura Bush stops in front of Pablo Picasso's painting 'Nude Man and Woman' as she is given a tour of the Nasher Sculpture Center by Acting Chief Curator Jed Morse, left, Trustee Nancy Nasher, gesturing, and Debbie Francis, right, Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 , in Dallas.
Mrs. Laura Bush addresses the media in the garden of the Nasher Sculpture Center at the conclusion of her tour of the new exhibit, Friday, Sept.19, 2008, in Dallas. Mrs. Bush said that the exhibit, which opened a few hours later, is in many ways about the relationships that Ray and Patsy Nasher had with the greatest artists of their generation - Picasso, Rodin, Oldenburg, Matisse and many others. The works had been in the Nasher home and are now at the center for enjoyment by the public. President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush welcome President of Colombia Alvaro Uribe Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008, to a social dinner at the White House.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush greet Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on the North Portico Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008, for a social dinner at the White House. Mrs. Laura Bush, center in salmon-colored suit, hosts 36 other first ladies from around the world at the White House Symposium on Advancing Global Literacy at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, Sept. 22, 2008. The first ladies were in New York City while their spouses attend the United Nations General Assembly.
Mrs. Laura Bush address the White House Symposium on Advancing Global Literacy: Building a Foundation for Freedom, which convened at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, Sept. 22, 2008. With a projection screen display to her side, Mrs. Bush noted that "literacy is at the core of sustainable solutions to the world's greatest problems." Worldwide more than 770 million adults live without literacy skills. Mrs. Laura Bush opens the luncheon following the White House Symposium on Global Literacy: Building a Foundation for Freedom at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Temple of Dendur in New York City. Mrs. Bush noted that in the morning session the group learned the outcomes of UNESCO's six regional literacy conferences from around the world.
Mrs. Laura Bush participates in a drop-by meeting on food security Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, in New York.

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