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Mrs. Laura Bush raises the gavel signaling the close of trading Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, at the New York Stock Exchange. Mrs. Bush visited the Exchange to highlight literacy's role in extending benefits of free enterprise to individuals around the world. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush raises the gavel signaling the close of trading Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, at the New York Stock Exchange. Mrs. Bush visited the Exchange to highlight literacy's role in extending benefits of free enterprise to individuals around the world. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush speaks to panelists, including Hseng Noung, a Burmese activist and founding member of the Shan Women, Action Network, during a roundtable discussion about the humanitarian crisis facing Burma at the United Nations in New York City Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006. White House photo by Shealah Craighead Mrs. Laura Bush listens to Zaid Ibrahim, Head of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Burma Caucus, during a roundtable discussion at the United Nations about the humanitarian crisis facing Burma in New York City Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush hosts a roundtable discussion about the humanitarian crisis facing Burma at the United Nations in New York City Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006. White House photo by Shealah Craighead Mrs. Laura Bush listens to a panel discussion Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, during the White House Conference on Global Literacy held at the New York Public Library. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush stands with the first spouses who are participating in The White House Conference on Global Literacy Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, at The New York Public Library in New York City. The conference was organized to promote greater international involvement and new public/private partnerships in the global literacy efforts. White House photo by Shealah Craighead Mrs. Laura Bush delivers opening remarks Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, during the White House Conference on Global Literacy. The program was held at the New York Public Library. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush delivers opening remarks Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, during the White House Conference on Global Literacy, held at the New York Public Library. The program underscores the need for sustained global and country level leadership in promoting literacy. White House photo by Shealah Craighead Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings participates in a panel discussion on Mother-Child Literacy and Intergenerational Learning during the White House Conference on Global Literacy Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, at the New York Public Library. Joining Secretary Spellings from left are: Maria Diarra Keita, Founding Director, Institute for Popular Education in Mali; Florence Molefe, Facilitator, the Family Literacy Project in South Africa, and Dr. Perri Klass, Medical Doctor and President of the Reach Out and Read National Center and Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics, New York University. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush is applauded as she stands over the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, where she visited to highlight literacy's role in extending the benefits of free enterprise to individuals around the world. White House photo by Shealah Craighead Mrs. Laura Bush is greeted on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Sept. 18, 2006. Mrs. Bush visited the exchange with a delegation of entrepreneurs from around the world to participate in the close of trading and to ring the Closing Bell. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush raises the gavel signaling the close of trading Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, at the New York Stock Exchange. Mrs. Bush visited the Exchange to highlight literacy's role in extending benefits of free enterprise to individuals around the world. White House photo by Shealah Craighead Mrs. Laura Bush announces a $60 million public-private partnership between the U.S. Government and the Case Foundation at President Bill Clinton's Annual Global Initiative Conference in New York Wednesday, September 20, 2006. With her, from left, are: Raymond Chambers, Chairman, MCJ and Amelier Foundations; former President Bill Clinton, and Jean Case and Steve Case, founders of the Case Foundation. The partnership will work to provide clean water by 2010 to up to 10 million people in sub-Sahara Africa, where a child dies every 15 seconds due to illnesses related to unsanitary drinking water. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush is welcomed to the podium by former President Bill Clinton Wednesday, September 20, 2006, at President Clinton's Annual Global Initiative Conference in New York. During her remarks, Mrs. Bush announced a $60 million public-private partnership between the U.S. Government and the Case Foundation to provide clean water for up to 10 million people in sub-Sahara Africa by 2010. The partnership will support the provision and installation of PlayPump water systems in approximately 650 schools, health centers and HIV affected communities. White House photo by Shealah Craighead Mrs. Bush announces a $60 million public-private partnership between the U.S. Government and the Case Foundation at President Bill Clinton's Annual Global Initiative Conference in New York, NY, Wednesday, September 20, 2006. The partnership will work to provide clean water to up to 10 million people in sub-Sahara Africa by 2010, and support the provision and installation of PlayPump water systems in approximately 650 schools, health centers and HIV affected communities. PlayPump water system is powered by children's play consisting of a merry-go-round attached to a water pump with a storage tank. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

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