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President Urges Senate to Reauthorize Patriot Act and Pass Defense Bill
President George W. Bush speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, before boarding Marine One for Maryland. Urging Senate to reauthorize the Patriot Act and pass the defense bill, the President said, "There is an enemy that lurks, a dangerous group of people that want to do harm to the American people. and we must have the tools necessary to protect the American people. " White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt
President George W. Bush speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, before boarding Marine One for Maryland. Urging Senate to reauthorize the Patriot Act and pass the defense bill, the President said, "There is an enemy that lurks, a dangerous group of people that want to do harm to the American people ... and we must have the tools necessary to protect the American people. " White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt Full Story
President George W. Bush speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, before boarding Marine One for Maryland. Urging Senate to reauthorize the Patriot Act and pass the defense bill, the President said, "There is an enemy that lurks, a dangerous group of people that want to do harm to the American people. and we must have the tools necessary to protect the American people. " White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt
President George W. Bush signs H.R. 4440, the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005, Wednesday Dec. 21, 2005, as administration officials and legislative members join him for the signing ceremony held in the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush grasps the hand of U.S. Navy Hospitalman Apprentice Tony Bullene of Watertown, S.D., after presenting him with a Purple Heart, with his mother, Carol Bullene, looking on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. White House photo by Paul Morse
As Laura Bush looks on, President George W. Bush hugs Candy Pierson of Auburndale, Fla., after her son, Marine Cpl Jordan S. Pierson, was presented the Purple Heart for injuries suffered while serving in Iraq. The ceremony took place Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Also in the room are Cpl. Pierson's fiancée, Kirstin Martin, right, and cousin Tiffany Pierson. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush shakes the hand of Marine Cpl. Andrew L. Tinsley of Annapolis, Md., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, after Cpl Tinsley was presented the Purple Heart during a visit by the President and Laura Bush to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. White House photo by Paul Morse
With Mrs. Laura Bush looking on, President George W. Bush addresses military medical caregivers Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, before visiting with the wounded at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. The President told the caregivers, ". On behalf of a grateful nation, thanks for doing your duty, thanks for serving, thanks for being an important part of this march for freedom; and thanks, most of all, for bringing comfort and aid and solace to those who have been hurt on the battlefield and their families." White House photo by Paul Morse
 
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