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President George W. Bush and Education Secretary Margaret Spellings visit with a teacher and students at Parkland Magnet Middle School for Aerospace Technology in Rockville, Md., Tuesday, April 18, 2006. White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt
President George W. Bush and Education Secretary Margaret Spellings visit with a teacher and students at Parkland Magnet Middle School for Aerospace Technology in Rockville, Md., Tuesday, April 18, 2006. White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt Full Story
Vice President Dick Cheney delivers remarks during a rally for the troops at Fort Riley Army Base in Kansas, Tuesday, April 18, 2006. Many of the troops in attendance were part of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team who recently returned from Iraq. While deployed in Iraq, the 3rd Brigade Combat Team conducted more than 22,000 patrols, 200 raids, 1,300 cordon and search missions, 6,500 traffic control points, 1,500 convoy security operations and 4,100 supply route security missions. White House photo by David Bohrer
Soldiers listen as Vice President Dick Cheney delivers remarks at a rally at Fort Riley Army Base in Kansas, Tuesday, April 18, 2006. During his address the vice president recognized the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 24th Infantry Division by welcoming them home from their recent tour in Iraq and thanking them for their service and support during the Iraqi elections. White House photo by David Bohrer
Vice President Dick Cheney participates in the awarding of the Valorous Unit Award to the First Brigade Combat Team, First Infantry Division during a rally for the troops at Fort Riley Army Base in Kansas, Tuesday, April 18, 2006. The award was given to the unit for their extraordinary heroism in Iraq. White House photo by David Bohrer
Vice President Dick Cheney greets soldiers at Fort Riley Army Base after delivering remarks at a rally for the troops, Tuesday, April 18, 2006. White House photo by David Bohrer
President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora of Lebanon talk privately in the Oval Office Tuesday, April 18, 2006. White House photo by Eric Draper
Mrs. Laura Bush visits with Mrs. Hoda Siniora, wife of Lebanon Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, during a tea in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 18, 2006. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora of Lebanon address the press on the South Lawn Tuesday, April 18, 2006. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush walks with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora of Lebanon after addressing the press on the South Lawn Tuesday, April 18, 2006. "Well, we just had a really interesting discussion. I told the Prime Minister that the United States strongly supports a free and independent and sovereign Lebanon. We took great joy in seeing the Cedar Revolution," said President Bush. "We understand that the hundreds of thousands of people who took to the street to express their desire to be free required courage, and we support the desire of the people to have a government responsive to their needs and a government that is free, truly free." White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush announces the nomination of Rob Portman as Director of the Office of Management and Budget and Susan Schwab as the U.S. Trade Representative in the Rose Garden Tuesday, April 18, 2006. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush stands with Rob Portman, his nominee as Director of the Office of Management and Budget during an announcement in the Rose Garden Tuesday, April 18, 2006. "The Office of Management and Budget is one of the most essential agencies of our government," said the President. "The OMB has a central responsibility of implementing the full range of my administration's agenda, from defense programs that will keep our people secure, to energy initiatives that will break our dependence on oil, to tax policies that keep our economy growing and creating jobs. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush announces the nomination of Susan Schwab as the U.S. Trade Representative in the Rose Garden Tuesday, April 18, 2006. "Ambassador Schwab started her career as an agricultural trade negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and she served our nation overseas as a trade policy officer in our embassy in Tokyo," said President Bush. "In the 1980s, she worked as a trade specialist, and then legislative director for Senator Jack Danforth, who chaired a key Senate subcommittee on trade. In the administration of former President Bush, she led a staff of more than a thousand as Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service. Susan has also served as an executive in the private sector at Motorola, and as a professional administrator at the University of Maryland." White House photo by Julie Kubal
President George W. Bush talks about his visit to Parkland Magnet Middle School for Aerospace Technology in Rockville, Md., Tuesday, April 18, 2006. "We saw two scientists who are here from NASA. These are good, hard-working folks who said, I kind of want to lend my expertise to try to convince a child that science is cool," said President Bush. "You know, sometimes -- you might remember those days, when you were in middle school, people say, you know, science isn't cool. Science is not only cool, it's really important for the future of this country, and it's great to have people we call adjunct professors here, to help lend their real-life experiences to stimulate junior high students to the wonders of science." White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt
President George W. Bush visits with students at Parkland Magnet Middle School for Aerospace Technology in Rockville, Md., Tuesday, April 18, 2006. White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt
President George W. Bush and Education Secretary Margaret Spellings visit with a teacher and students at Parkland Magnet Middle School for Aerospace Technology in Rockville, Md., Tuesday, April 18, 2006. White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt
President George W. Bush greets a sea of students at Parkland Magnet Middle School for Aerospace Technology in Rockville, Md., Tuesday, April 18, 2006. White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt
 
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