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President and Mrs. Bush Discuss Malaria Awareness Day
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." White House photo by Eric Draper
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." White House photo by Eric Draper Full Story
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. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush delivers remarks during a ceremony marking Malaria Awareness Day Wednesday, April 25, 2007, in the Rose Garden. "Today, citizens around the world are making a historic commitment to end malaria. In European capitals, parliaments are debating how their governments can help. In Ontario, Canadians are commemorating their first World Malaria Day by raising money for bed nets for Uganda," said President Bush. "Across the continent of Africa, people are teaching their families, friends, and neighbors how to protect themselves from this deadly disease." White House photo by Eric Draper
Members from the Kankouran West African Dance Company performs during a ceremony marking Malaria Awareness Day Wednesday, April 25, 2007, in the Rose Garden. White House photo by Eric Draper
The audience takes part in a performance by the Kankouran West African Dance Company during a ceremony marking Malaria Awareness Day Wednesday, April 25, 2007, in the Rose Garden. White House photo by Eric Draper
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." White House photo by Eric Draper
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. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush talks with first grade students about Malaria Awareness Day and the book ‘Nets are Nice,’ during her visit Wednesday, April 25, 2007 to the Friendship Public Charter School on the Woodridge Elementary and Middle School campus in Washington, D.C. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush talks with fifth-grade students 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. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush, joined by Ambassador Karen Hughes left, and Linda Hargrove, general manager of the Washington Mystics, watches students playing basketball Wednesday, April 25, 2007, at the Friendship Public Charter School on the Woodridge Elementary and Middle School campus in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Bush visited the school to participate in Malaria Awareness Day events. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
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. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
President George W. Bush gestures as he talks with reporters following a meeting on financial literacy Wednesday, April 25, 2007 in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, where President Bush said he has directed U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson, left, to develop and hone a strategy that will help more of our American citizens to become financially literate.John Bryant, president and CEO of Operation Hope, is seen at right. White House photo by Eric Draper
 
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