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Mrs. Bush's Visit to West Africa
Mrs. Laura Bush, center, and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left-foreground, congratulate Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Monrovia, Liberia, at her inauguration Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. President Sirleaf is Africa's first female elected head of state. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf addresses the audience at her inauguration in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. President Sirleaf is Africa's first female elected head of state. Mrs. Laura Bush and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice attended the ceremony. A choir sings during the inauguration ceremonies of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Jan. 16, 2006 in Monrovia, Liberia. Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn-in as the first woman head of state in Africa, in Monrovia, Liberia, Jan. 16, 2006. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, right, stands with Vice President of Liberia Joseph Nyumah Boakiai in Monrovia, Liberia, at inauguration ceremonies of President Sirleaf, Jan. 16, 2006.
Mrs. Laura Bush visits with Nigeria President Olusegun Obasanjo Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006, at the presidential villa in Abuja, Nigeria. Mrs. Laura Bush is joined by daughter Barbara as they visit with Nigeria President Olusegun Obasanjo Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006, at the presidential villa in Abuja, Nigeria. The visit came on the last day of a four-day visit to West Africa. Laura Bush walks with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo at the conclusion of their meeting at the presidential villa in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. Traditional Nigerian dancers smile as they participate Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006, in the festivities surrounding the visit by Laura Bush to St. Mary's hospital in Gwagwalada, Nigeria. Laura Bush is greeted at Saint-Mary's Catholic Hospital in Gwagwalada, Nigeria Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006.
Laura Bush is given a tour of St. Mary's Hospital by Sister Elizabeth Obasi in Gwagwalada, Nigeria, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. Mrs. Laura Bush helps unveil a plaque dedicating the Saint Kizito Complex at Saint-Mary's Catholic Church in Gwagwalada, Nigeria Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. Laura Bush holds hands with patients during a prayer at St. Mary's Hospital in Gwagwalada, Nigeria, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. Mrs. Bush sits outside at Saint-Mary's Catholic Hospital in Gwagwalada, Nigeria Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006, where she announced a $163 million commitment by the United States to Nigeria to battle AIDS. Laura Bush meets with a patient at St. Mary's Hospital in Gwagwalada, Nigeria, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006.