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President and Mrs. Bush held a Christmas holiday reception for children in the White House. Following brief opening remarks by the president and first lady, the Washington Ballet performed a…

Mrs. Bush posed for press photographs as the official White House Christmas tree arrived in the driveway. She also made brief comments about the origin of the tree and holiday events at the …

At the Mayflower Hotel, First Lady Laura Bush spoke about women and children in Iraq and Afghanistan. She talked about the oppression and isolation of women under the Taliban in Afghanistan,…

First Lady Laura Bush addressed the UNESCO General Conference on the occasion of the United States rejoining UNESCO on October 1, 2003. Mrs. Bush is the UNESCO Honorary Ambassador for the Un…

Mrs. Laura Bush and several authors spoke at the opening gala for the National Book Festival. They talked about literature, reading and their experiences as authors.

During the opening ceremony of the National Book Festival at the White House, First Lady Laura Bush and others talked about the Festival. Mrs. Bush and the Library of Congress sponsor the fe…

President Bush participated in a moment of silence with Mrs. Bush, Vice president Cheney and Mrs. Cheney, White House staff and other administrative employees to mark the second anniversary …

The first lady Laura Bush, DC Mayor Anthony Williams, and other officials held a news conference on the landscaping and security improvements to Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White Hou…

First Lady Laura Bush spoke at the opening ceremony for the National First Ladies' Library Education and Research Center in Canton, Ohio. The Center houses books, archival photos, artifacts …

After receiving an honorary doctorate degree, first lady Laura Bush delivered the commencement address to the 2003 graduates of Georgetown University School of Nursing. Her topics included t…

This ceremony at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum marked the exhibit opening of “Anne Frank the Writer - An Unfinished Story.” Anne Frank was the Dutch Jewish teenager who kept a…

Following an Easter church service, President Bush joined two of the former Iraq War prisoners of war and spoke briefly with reporters.

After visiting injured troops, President Bush talked about the visits, and thanked the soldiers and those who provided medical care for them. He responded to questions from reporters.

Mrs. Bush spoke to state and local officials about a preservation initiative by the White House to save the nation’s cultural icons of architecture, historical landmarks, and landscapes.

President Bush talked about the “No Child Left Behind Act” and its impact on public education. He also talked about future efforts to monitor and improve education.

In the third in a series of symposia on American authors, participants talked about women writers in the American West. They focused on the works of Willa Cather, Edna Ferber, and Laura Inga…

President and Mrs. Bush presented medals to the recipients of the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal for the year 2001. The evening also featured entertainment includin…

As part of an ongoing series on American writers, first lady Laura Bush hosted the White House Symposium on Harlem Renaissance Writers. Contemporary authors read from their work and talked a…

Mrs. Bush and other talked about the writers of the Harlem Renaissance and their influence on American arts and culture. They also talked about the African-American experience in the early t…