Presidential Speeches & RemarksPresident George W. Bush's featured speeches and remarks.President Bush Meets with Secretary of Defense Nominee Robert Gates - December 5, 2006- December 5, 2006 President Bush on Tuesday said, "Bob Gates will be a fine Secretary of Defense. I appreciate the fact that he's getting a hearing today in the United States Senate. I hope for a speedy confirmation so he can get sworn in and get to work. Those who wear the uniform know they'll have a friend in Bob Gates in the Defense Department. He admires our military he respects those who have volunteered to serve our country."http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/12/20061205.html President and Mrs. Bush Host Children's Holiday Reception at the White House - December 4, 2006- December 4, 2006 President Bush on Monday said, "Thanks for coming. Laura and I want to welcome you all to the White House. We're really happy you're here. I think you're going to really enjoy this special occasion."http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/12/20061204-3.html President Bush Meets with United Nations Ambassador John Bolton - December 4, 2006- December 4, 2006 President Bush on Monday said, "I received the resignation of Ambassador John Bolton. I accepted. I'm not happy about it. I think he deserved to be confirmed. We're going to miss you in this administration. You've been a stalwart defender of freedom and peace. You've been strong in your advocacy for human rights and human dignity. You've done everything that can be expected for an Ambassador."http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/12/20061204-8.html President Bush Meets with His Eminence Abdul-Aziz Al-Hakim, Leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq - December 4, 2006- December 4, 2006 President Bush on Monday said, "I told His Eminence that I was proud of the courage of the Iraqi people. I told him that we're not satisfied with the pace of progress in Iraq, and that we want to continue to work with the sovereign government of Iraq to accomplish our mutual objectives, which is a free country that can govern itself, sustain itself, and defend itself a free country which will serve as an ally in the war against the extremists and radicals and terrorists."http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/12/20061204-7.html President Discusses World AIDS Day - December 1, 2006- December 1, 2006 President Bush on Friday said, "Laura and I welcome our guests this is World AIDS Day. It's a day for the world to recognize the fact that there are 39 million people living with HIV AIDS, and a day to remember the fact that 25 million people have died of AIDS. It's a day, as well, for the United States to remember that we have a duty to do something about this epidemic, this pandemic."http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/12/20061201-3.html |