President Bush Receives a Briefing on Hurricane Ike Damage THE PRESIDENT: So listen, I have come home to the great state under very difficult circumstances for the people who live down here. My first observation is that the state government and loca...
President Bush Receives Update on Hurricane Ike Response and Relief Efforts THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Secretary Chertoff, for your briefing -- you just came back from Houston; Administrator Paulison. The briefing, of course, was on the dam...
President Bush Attends Dedication of 9/11 Pentagon Memorial THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Mr. Vice President; Secretary Gates; Madam Speaker; Justices of the Supreme Court; members of my Cabinet and administration; members of Congress; Admiral Mulle...
President Bush Meets with President Talabani of Iraq PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. President, welcome. First of all, I am so pleased to see that you're looking good. The President's health is strong, and that's going to be very important for the people of Ira...
President Bush Visits National Defense University's Distinguished Lecture Program, Discusses Global War on Terror THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, General, for your kind and short introduction. (Laughter.) I am pleased to be back at the National Defense Un...
President Bush Participates in Briefing at Emergency Operations Center THE PRESIDENT: I'm going to make a quick statement. Then I want to come around and say thank you in person to you. First of all, Governor, thanks for having me down here. Phase o...
THE PRESIDENT: Members of my Cabinet have assembled here, and I thank you all for coming. We recognize that the pre-storm efforts were important and so are the follow-up efforts -- in other words, what happens after the storm passes is as important...
THE PRESIDENT: You know, one of the great things about our country is the number of people who volunteer during one of these incidents. Here are some Red Cross volunteers. They are -- they symbolize the thousands that will help. And my call to our f...
THE PRESIDENT: I'm here at the FEMA Headquarters where I just received a briefing, and I've also come to thank the people behind me for working the long hours that they're doing to make sure that we've got the preparations in place for Hurricane Gus...
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I just had a briefing by my national security team on the latest updates -- on the latest developments in Georgia. And there is some progress to report. First of all, I want to thank Secretary of State Rice for her trip,...
