Monday, December 15, 2008

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Bush visits Mexico


Bush visited the Arizona and Mexico border to meet with the National Guard troops. He also accepted of the 370 mile fence that goes across the border. They have done this to block immigration.

Bush visits ground zero.


Bush visits ground zero to mourn the deaths of 3,000 people who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks. Bush gave a quote "Every life taken here, every act of valor performed here the nation holds in honored memory.” Bush stayed at New York after the ceremony to deliver a television commercial from Ellis island with the statue of liberty as a back drop.

bush visits the Vatican to meet with Pope.


Bush visited the Vatican in Rome to meet with Pope Benedict to walk through the gardens. Normally the Pope lets VIP’s meet with him in the Pope’s library but Bush was one of the lucky few to be able to stroll through the Vatican’s gardens. They walked through the garden and talked. The Pope showed Bush where the Pontiff prays daily.

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Bush visits Palestine to meet with Abbas


Bush visited Palestine to discuss peace negotiations with Mahmoud Abbas and Ehud Olmart. They discussed peace between Palestine and Israel. Abbas said after 60 years he thinks that the Palestinian people deserve some peace.

Bush visits Pakistan to meet with Musharraf


Bush and Musharraf met to talk about the war on terror and the Taliban. They said that both their countries are working together with Afghanistan to catch Osama Bin Laden. They discussed about making Pakistan a Democracy. They also discussed extremism and cross-border infiltration. Musharraf said that he is trying to build a more modern and prosperous Pakistan.

Bush sent Bill Nelson to meet with Bashar Assad.


Bush did not visit Syria; rather he sent Senator Bill Nelson the only high ranking US official to be there to visit with the Syrian leader after the bipartisan. They met to discuss the problems between them and Iraq.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Bush visits Iraq to meet with the American army.


Bush visited Iraq to discuss the struggle the American army is facing. It involves the war on terror. He was also discussing the conflict that is taking place mostly in Baghdad, also the deaths of many soldiers was occurring and is still going on now. George Bush also discussed the fact that he has to change the strategy that they are using in Iraq because many soldiers are losing their lives and many have already lost their lives. The war in Iraq has dropped Bush’s popularity has dropped significantly in a way that no president ahs faced in his term before.

Travel site #1 Afghanistan news conference with Hamid Karzai.


Bush visits Karzai to discuss life in Afghanistan and the life of young Afghani children. This was significant because this could help the Afghani people and help all the young children who are not living long enough to see their fifth birthday. They also discussed president Karzai being an ally with Bush against the war on terror. They also discussed democracy in Afghanistan and how they want to help have more democracy in Afghanistan. They also discussed how America and Afghanistan are coming together to build schools all around Afghanistan in every province. To conclude this they met to solve problems in Afghanistan.