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Mrs. Bush's Remarks to the Press at Midway Atoll
Laura Bush visits Midway Atoll, part of the Hawaiian archipelago, Thursday, March 1. 2007. The Northwest Hawaiian Islands consist of 10 islands and atolls stretched over 1,400 miles, the distance from Chicago to Miami. Around the islands and atolls are more than 4,500 square miles of coral reef which are home to 7,000 marine species, a quarter of which are found nowhere else in the world. President Bush designated the islands as a national monument June 15, 2006. It is the single largest conservation area created in U.S. history and the largest protected marine area in the world. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Laura Bush visits Midway Atoll, part of the Hawaiian archipelago, Thursday, March 1. 2007. The Northwest Hawaiian Islands consist of 10 islands and atolls stretched over 1,400 miles, the distance from Chicago to Miami. Around the islands and atolls are more than 4,500 square miles of coral reef which are home to 7,000 marine species, a quarter of which are found nowhere else in the world. President Bush designated the islands as a national monument June 15, 2006. It is the single largest conservation area created in U.S. history and the largest protected marine area in the world. White House photo by Shealah Craighead Full Story
President George W. Bush speaks at the Samuel J. Green charter school in New Orleans, Thursday, March 1, 2007, where President Bush met with students, parents and faculty to congratulate the community on its post-Katrina recovery efforts. President Bush assured them the federal government will work with their local and state leadership to continue in the areas recovery. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, left, and Dr. Anthony “Tony” Recasner, principal and director of the Samuel J. Green charter school, pose with third grade students for a photo Thursday, March 1, 2007, during President Bush’s visit to the Gulf Coast region to see the continued recovery progress of communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush meets with students at the Samuel J. Green charter school in New Orleans, Thursday, March 1, 2007, during President Bush’s visit to the Gulf Coast region to see the continued recovery progress of communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina. President Bush is joined on his visit by Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, left, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, Dr. Anthony “Tony” Recasner, principal and director of the charter school, teachers Alice “Christy” Kane and Maria Cerda, right. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush departs the South Lawn via Marine One en route to the Gulf Coast Thursday, March 1, 2007. The President will travel to Mississippi and Louisiana, where he will meet with officials and residents and speak at Samuel J. Green Charter School. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush walks with Cheryl and Ernie Woodard through their Long Beach, Miss., neighborhood Thursday, March 1, 2007, during the President’s tour of the neighborhood where some homes, including the Woodward's, damaged by Hurricane Katrina have been rebuilt with Gulf Coast grant money. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush shakes hands with Ernie Woodward of Long Beach, Miss. after Woodward, joined by his family, raised a flag given to them by President Bush outside his home Thursday, March 1, 2007, during the President’s tour of the neighborhood where some homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina have been rebuilt with Gulf Coast grant money. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush meets and talks with the residents of Long Beach, Miss., Thursday, March 1, 2007, during his tour of the neighborhoods damaged and now rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush talks with Cheryl Woodward of Long Beach, Miss. and a construction worker, Thursday, March 1, 2007, during the President’s tour of the neighborhood where homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina have been rebuilt with Gulf Coast grant money. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush is joined by Ernie Woodward of Long Beach, Miss., left, as he talks with Wendell Orr, center, a contractor, during the President’s tour Thursday, March 1, 2007, into a neighborhood where some homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina have been rebuilt with Gulf Coast grant money. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush is presented with a license plate with his name and the number 43 from Biloxi, Miss., Mayor A. J. Holloway, during a meeting Thursday, March 1, 2007 in Biloxi, on the recovery and reconstruction efforts underway in the region devastated by Hurricane Katrina. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush is joined by Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, left, and Biloxi, Miss., Mayor A. J. Holloway, right, during a meeting with local leaders Thursday, March 1, 2007 in Biloxi, on the recovery and reconstruction efforts underway in the region devastated by Hurricane Katrina. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush is joined by Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, left, at a meeting with local leaders Thursday, March 1, 2007 in Biloxi, Miss., on the recovery and reconstruction efforts underway in the region devastated by Hurricane Katrina. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush is joined by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, left, and New Orleans Archbishop Alfred Hughes, right, Thursday, March 1, 2007 in New Orleans, during a luncheon with elected officials and community leaders on the recovery progress of their Gulf Coast region. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush meets with New Orleans Upper Ninth Ward resident Ethel Williams, left, and her daughter, Wanda, following a lunch meeting Thursday, March 1, 2007 in New Orleans with city and state officials, to talk about the rebuilding progress of areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. President Bush met Ethel Williams and toured her hurricane damaged home in April 2006. White House photo by Eric Draper
Vice President Dick Cheney, seen on a television monitor, receives a welcome Thursday, March 1, 2007, at the 34th Annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. White House photo by David Bohrer
Vice President Dick Cheney delivers the keynote address to the 34th Annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, Thursday, March 1, 2007. White House photo by David Bohrer
Mrs. Laura Bush views albatross birds and remnants of World War II with wildlife biologist John Klavitter during a tour of Eastern Island on Midway Atoll, part of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands National Monument, Thursday March 1, 2007. Midway Atoll was the site of the Battle of Midway June 4, 1942. The U.S. Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Islands, marking a turning point in the war in the pacific theater. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush visits the Battle of Midway Memorial on the parade grounds of Midway Island Thursday, March 1, 2007. Midway Atoll was the site of the World War II Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942. The U.S. Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Islands, marking a turning point in the war in the pacific theater. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush toured Midway Atoll and viewed many albatross birds on the Northwest Hawaiian Islands National Monument, Thursday March 1, 2007. The short-tailed albatross facing the camera is a long-time resident of the island and standing with two decoy birds. "He's been here about five years," said Mrs. Bush of the lonely bird. "He's 20 years old. They know because he was banded in Japan on the island where he was. Of course, they are hoping to attract some young short-tailed albatross. That's why the decoys are here also, so there will be a mating pair here." President Bush designated the Northwest Hawaiian Islands National Monument on June 15, 2006, and is the single largest conservation area in U.S. history and the largest protected marine area in the world. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush tags an albatross chick during a visit to Midway Atoll Thursday, March 1, 2007. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne is pictured with Mrs. Bush. President Bush designated the Northwest Hawaiian Islands National Monument on June 15, 2006, and is the single largest conservation area in U.S. history and the largest protected marine area in the world. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Laura Bush visits Midway Atoll, part of the Hawaiian archipelago, Thursday, March 1. 2007. The Northwest Hawaiian Islands consist of 10 islands and atolls stretched over 1,400 miles, the distance from Chicago to Miami. Around the islands and atolls are more than 4,500 square miles of coral reef which are home to 7,000 marine species, a quarter of which are found nowhere else in the world. President Bush designated the islands as a national monument June 15, 2006. It is the single largest conservation area created in U.S. history and the largest protected marine area in the world. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush works with wildlife biologist John Klavitter during a tour of Eastern Island on Midway Atoll, part of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands National Monument Thursday, March 1, 2007. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne is pictured in a red jacket. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
An albatross chick makes its home at Midway Atoll. The island is visited by almost two million birds every year. President Bush designated the Northwest Hawaiian Islands as a national monument June 15, 2006, and is the single largest conservation area created in U.S. history and is the largest protected marine area in the world. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush visits the Battle of Midway Memorial on the parade grounds of Midway Island Thursday, March 1, 2007. Midway Atoll was the site of the World War II battle June 4, 1942. The U.S. Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Islands, marking a turning point in the war in the pacific theater. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne is pictured wearing a blue shirt and is standing next to Mrs. Bush. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
 
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