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President Visits Mississippi, Discusses Gulf Coast Reconstruction
President George W. Bush and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour stand together at St. Stanislaus College in Bay St. Louis, Miss., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. "Part of the strategy to make sure that the rebuilding effort after the recovery effort worked well was to say to people like Haley, and the Governor of Louisiana and the Mayor of New Orleans, you all develop a strategy," said the President. "It's your state, it's your region, you know the people better than people in Washington -- develop the rebuilding strategy. And the role of the federal government is to coordinate with you and to help." White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour stand together at St. Stanislaus College in Bay St. Louis, Miss., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. "Part of the strategy to make sure that the rebuilding effort after the recovery effort worked well was to say to people like Haley, and the Governor of Louisiana and the Mayor of New Orleans, you all develop a strategy," said the President. "It's your state, it's your region, you know the people better than people in Washington -- develop the rebuilding strategy. And the role of the federal government is to coordinate with you and to help." White House photo by Eric Draper Full Story
President George W. Bush delivers remarks on gulf coast reconstruction in Bay St. Louis, Miss., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. "I can remember coming here, the times I came, and looked hard in people's eyes and saw a sense of desperation and worry and deep, deep concern about the future," said the President. I'm sure there is still concern about the future, but the eyes have cleared up" White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour stand together at St. Stanislaus College in Bay St. Louis, Miss., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. "Part of the strategy to make sure that the rebuilding effort after the recovery effort worked well was to say to people like Haley, and the Governor of Louisiana and the Mayor of New Orleans, you all develop a strategy," said the President. "It's your state, it's your region, you know the people better than people in Washington -- develop the rebuilding strategy. And the role of the federal government is to coordinate with you and to help." White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush greets first responders in Waveland, Miss., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush, with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, speaks to the media during a roundtable with small business owners and community leaders in New Orleans, La., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush meets with small business owners and community leaders during a roundtable session in New Orleans, La., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. White House photo by Eric Draper
Calling from Air Force One, President George W. Bush talks with Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee Judge Samuel Alito Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006, on the final day of the judge's confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee. White House photo by Eric Draper
 
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