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Mrs. Laura Bush listens to the African Children's Choir during a luncheon on global health and literacy Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2007, at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York.
Mrs. Laura Bush listens to the African Children's Choir during a luncheon on global health and literacy Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2007, at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York.
Mrs. Laura Bush listens to the African Children's Choir during a luncheon on global health and literacy Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2007, at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Giovanni Castellaneta, wife of the Italian Ambassador to the United States, tour an exhibit of Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque at the National Museum of Women in the Arts Thursday, March 22, 2007, in Washington, D.C. They are guided by the museum's director Dr. Judy L. Larson, who is pictured at the far left.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush stands with the Kankouran West African Dance Company after delivering remarks during a ceremony marking Malaria Awareness Day Wednesday, April 25, 2007, in the Rose Garden. "The American people, through their government, are working to end this epidemic,"said President Bush. "In 2005, President Bush announced the President's Malaria Initiative -- a five-year, $1.2 billion program to combat malaria in the hardest-hit African nations." President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush take the stage with the Kankouran West African Dance Company after delivering remarks during a ceremony marking Malaria Awareness Day Wednesday, April 25, 2007, in the Rose Garden.
Mrs. Laura Bush, joined by NBA and WNBA players, prepares to pose for photos with fifth-grade students following a basketball game during a Malaria Awareness Day event Wednesday, April 25, 2007, at the Friendship Public Charter School on the Woodridge Elementary and Middle School campus in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Laura Bush is joined by President George W. Bush as she delivers remarks during a ceremony marking Malaria Awareness Day Wednesday, April 25, 2007, in the Rose Garden.
Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Akie Abe, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, tour the gardens at the Mount Vernon Estate of George Washington Thursday, April 26, 2007, in Mount Vernon, Va. Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Akie Abe, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, stand before a portrait of George Washington as they talk to members of the media, following a tour of the Mount Vernon Estate of George Washington Thursday, April 26, 2007, in Mount Vernon, Va.
Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Akie Abe, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, talk to members of the media follwing their visit to the Mount Vernon Estate of George Washington Thursday, April 26, 2007, in Mount Vernon , Va. Mrs. Laura Bush arrives Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at the Schwerin City Library in Schwerin, Germany, where she delivered remarks and participated in a ribbon-cutting at the opening of America@Your Library.
Mrs. Laura Bush delivers remarks Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at the Schwerin City Library in Schwerin, Germany. Said Mrs.Bush, "Our countries -- the United States and Germany -- are friends today because we both treasure freedom and we share a deep love of learning. I hope that new ties of friendship will form between Germany and the United States as a result of America@Your Library." Mrs. Laura Bush participates in a ribbon-cutting Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at the Schwerin City Library in Schwerin, Germany. Joining her are Norbert Claussen, Lord Mayor of Schwerin, and Heidrun Hamann, the Director of the library.
Mrs. Laura Bush joins youngsters at the opening of the American Children's Corner at Sofia City Library Monday, June 11, 2007, in Sofia. Mrs. Bush said, "The books in this American Corner tell the story of the United States, describing my country's history, culture and diverse society. In these books, children in Sofia can discover literature that children in the United States enjoy." Mrs. Laura Bush hosts a coffee for Mrs. Maria Kaczynska, First Lady of Poland, in the Yellow Oval Room Monday, July 16, 2007.
Visiting the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Maria Kaczynska, First Lady of Poland, look at Poul Henningsen's table lamp, “PH", during a tour of the exhibit Modernism: Designing a New World, 1914-1939, Monday, July 16, 2007, in Washington, D.C. They are led by Director and President Paul Greenhalgh and Administrative Design Chair Catherine Armour. Mrs Laura Bush addresses reporters in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room Monday, May 5, 2008 at the White House, urging the Burmese government to accept the humanitarian assistance being offered by the United States to the people of Burma in the aftermath of the destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis.
Mrs Laura Bush addresses reporters in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room Monday, May 5, 2008 at the White House, on the humanitarian assistance being offered by the United States to the people of Burma in the aftermath of the destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis.

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