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President Bush Lights National Christmas Tree at Pageant of Peace
Santa goes into the audience to sing a song, Thursday evening, Dec. 1, 2005, during the Pageant of Peace and the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse in Washington. White House photo by Paul Morse
Santa goes into the audience to sing a song, Thursday evening, Dec. 1, 2005, during the Pageant of Peace and the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse in Washington. White House photo by Paul Morse Full Story
Crowds on the Ellipse watch the annual lighting of the National Christmas Tree in Washington, attended by President George W. Bush and Laura Bush, Thursday evening, Dec. 1, 2005, during the Pageant of Peace. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush join holiday entertainers Thursday evening, Dec. 1, 2005, on stage during the Pageant of Peace and lighting of the National Christmas Tree festivities on the Ellipse in Washington. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush watch the holiday entertainment, Thursday evening, Dec. 1, 2005, during the Pageant of Peace and the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse in Washington. White House photo by Paul Morse
Santa goes into the audience to sing a song, Thursday evening, Dec. 1, 2005, during the Pageant of Peace and the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse in Washington. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush is seen Thursday, Dec. 1. 2005 in the Eisenhower Executuive Office Building in Washington, as he signs H.R. 4145, to Direct the Joint Committee on the Library to Obtain a Statue of Rosa Parks, which will be placed in the US Capitol's National Statuary Hall. The President is joined by, from left to right, U.S. Sen. Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind., U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson, Mrs. Laura Bush, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush is seen Thursday, Dec. 1. 2005 in the Eisenhower Executuive Office Building in Washington, as he poses for photos with U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his children, Jesse Jackson III and Jessica, following the signing of H.R. 4145, to Direct the Joint Committee on the Library to Obtain a Statue of Rosa Parks, which will be placed in the US Capitol's National Statuary Hall. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is seen at left. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush meets with Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005, in the Oval Office at the White House. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush smiles as he looks back at Thandazile Darby and her two children, 4-year-old Lewis, and 5-year-old Emily. The South African visitors were guests at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005, during the President's remarks on World AIDS Day. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush stands by as he listens to remarks by Mrs. Bush on World AIDS Day before being introduced to the audience at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005. White House photo by Paul Morse

 
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