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 | U.S. President Bush speaks following his briefing on Hurricane Rita at Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado Springs, Colo., Saturday, Sept 24, 2005. Peterson is the headquarters for NORAD and the U.S. Northern Command's operation center. Bush is monitoring Hurricane Rita from an Air Force base in the Rocky Mountain foothills, seeing how the military is working with state and local officials battling the storm more than 1,000 miles away. click to open  |  | U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton (R) speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House where President George W. Bush announced his appointment in Washington August 1, 2005. Bush bypassed the Senate and installed Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Monday over protests by Democrats that the combative critic of the world body would hurt U.S. credibility. click to open |  | U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton (L) looks on as President George W. Bush announces his appointment in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington August 1, 2005. Bush bypassed the Senate and installed Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Monday over protests by Democrats that the combative critic of the world body would hurt U.S. credibility. click to open |  | U.S. President George W. Bush (L) shakes the hand of Marine Corporal Anthony Gower after presenting him with a Purple Heart at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, July 30, 2005. Gower, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native is recovering from injuries received in Operation Iraqi Freedom. click to open |  | U.S. President Bush, left, greets U.S. Marine Jacob Knospler, Stroudsburg, Penn. during his visit with troops injured in Iraq Saturday, July 30, 2005 at National Naval Medical Center in suburban Washington. Ten-month-old Jahna Knospler is asleep at her father's side. click to open |  | U.S. President Bush greets U.S. Marine Cpl. Sean Locker, Jessup, Md. at National Navy Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Saturday, July 30, 2005. The President visited with troops after getting his annual physical. Locker was awarded a Purple Heart for his injuries. click to open |  | U.S. President Bush hugs Molley Sloan, second from right, the mother of U.S Marine Capt. Stephen Sloan, Hayden, Ala., second from left as Bush visited troops at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Saturday, July 30, 2005. At left is Sloan's wife Courtney and their ten-month-old son, Samuel. At right is Sloan's father, Carlos Sloan. The President's visit came after his annual physical at the facility. click to open |  | President George W. Bush bows his head after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier marking Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery Monday, May 30, 2005 outside Washington. click to open |  | U.S. President George W. Bush lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 30, 2005. President Bush paid his respects to the country's veterans on Memorial Day while the U.S. death toll in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a Department of Defense website, is nearly 1,800. click to open |  | President George W. Bush saluted US military personnel, particularly those who died in the line of duty, as the nation kicked off its Memorial Day weekend celebrations. click to open |
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