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Vice President's Remarks at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention
Vice President Dick Cheney is welcomed by members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., Monday, August 28, 2006, at the VFW's annual convention in Reno, Nevada. White House photo by David Bohrer
Vice President Dick Cheney is welcomed by members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., Monday, August 28, 2006, at the VFW's annual convention in Reno, Nevada. White House photo by David Bohrer Full Story
President George W. Bush visits workers at the United States Marine, Inc. boat manufacturing facility in Gulfport, Miss., Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, as part of the President’s two-day tour of the Gulf Coast region to assess the progress of the area’s recovery and rebuilding efforts following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. White House photo by Eric Draper
Vice President Dick Cheney is welcomed by members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., Monday, August 28, 2006, at the VFW's annual convention in Reno, Nevada. White House photo by David Bohrer
Vice President Dick Cheney addresses the 107th National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., Monday, August 28, 2006, in Reno, Nevada. "Whatever it is about America that has produced such brave citizens in every generation, it is the best quality we have," said the Vice President. "Freedom is not free, and all of us are deep in the debt of the men and women who go out and pay the price for our liberty." White House photo by David Bohrer
President George W. Bush meets military personnel upon his arrival Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, to Kessler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss., his first stop during a two-day visit to Biloxi and New Orleans to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush is joined by Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, left, as they attend a working luncheon with Mississippi community and housing officials at the Biloxi Schooner Restaurant to discuss the state’s recovery and rebuilding efforts Monday, Aug. 28, 2006 in Biloxi, Miss., on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush waves as he is joined by Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway, left, Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, during President Bush’s walking tour in the same Biloxi, Miss., neighborhood he visited following Hurricane Katrina in September 2005. The tour allowed President Bush the opportunity to assess the progress of the area’s recovery and rebuilding efforts following the devastating hurricane. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush is joined by Biloxi, Miss. Mayor A.J. Holloway, right, Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, during President Bush’s walking tour in the same Biloxi neighborhood he visited following Hurricane Katrina in September 2005. The tour allowed President Bush the opportunity to assess the progress of the area’s recovery and rebuilding efforts following the devastating hurricane. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush smiles as he addresses his remarks to residents and state community leaders Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, following his walking tour through the Biloxi, Miss., neighborhood he visited following Hurricane Katrina in September 2005. The tour allowed President Bush the opportunity to assess the progress of the area’s recovery and rebuilding efforts a year after the devastating hurricane. White House photo by Eric Draper
Mrs. Laura Bush meets with Biloxi, Miss., residents Sandy Patterson, left, and her husband, Thomas “Lynn” Patterson Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, during a walking tour in the same Biloxi neighborhood President George W. Bush visited following Hurricane Katrina in September 2005. The tour allowed President Bush the opportunity to assess the progress of the area’s recovery and rebuilding efforts a year after the devastating hurricane. White House photo by Eric Draper
U.S. Marine One carrying President George W. Bush flies above a bridge construction project Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, on a flight from Mississippi to Louisiana, where President Bush is on a two-day visit to the Gulf Region to assess the region’s recovery and rebuilding efforts a year after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. White House photo by Eric Draper
 
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