Presidential Speeches & RemarksPresident George W. Bush's featured speeches and remarks.Press Conference by the President - July 7, 2006- July 7, 2006 President Bush on Friday said, "This morning we got some good news -- the nation added 121,000 new jobs for the month of June. That's over 5.4 million jobs since August of 2003; that's 34 months of job increases. In the first quarter, our economy grew at 5.6 percent; productivity is high. People are better off, things are working."http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/07/20060707-1.html President Bush Meets with Ambassador to Iraq Zal Khalilzad - July 6, 2006- July 6, 2006 President Bush on Thursday said, "It's been my pleasure to sit here and talk to our Ambassador from Iraq. ... I know the Secretary of State and the National Security Advisor join me in saying it gives us great comfort to know that we've got a man of your caliber there. It's a hard job. And Zal has earned the confidence of the new Iraqi government, and I was able to see that firsthand in how the Prime Minister and other members of his administration related to him."http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/07/20060706-1.html President Bush Participates in Press Availability with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper - July 6, 2006- July 6, 2006 President Bush on Thursday said, "It's been my honor to visit with Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister of Canada, in the Oval Office. ... We talked about the war on terror, and I told the Prime Minister how pleased Americans were that the Canadian government did the hard work necessary to disrupt terrorist plots. ... When you've got a government that's active and a police force that's capable, people ought to be rest assured that Canada is on top of any plots."http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/07/20060706.html President Bush Welcomes President Saakashvili of Georgia to the White House - July 5, 2006- July 5, 2006 President Bush on Wednesday said, "I reminded the President about what a fantastic visit I had to Georgia. .. It was made fantastic because my friend not only was a good host, but he is a man who shares the same values I share. He believes in the universality of freedom. He believes that democracy is the best way to yield the peace. The Georgian government and the people of Georgia have acted on those beliefs."http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/07/20060705-4.html President Bush Discusses Immigration in Alexandria, Virginia - July 5, 2006- July 5, 2006 President Bush on Wednesday said, "I'm strongly for a comprehensive immigration policy, one that enforces the border. And we're doing that by expanding agents and putting new technologies on our border. But part of a comprehensive immigration plan is to make sure we have interior enforcement, that we uphold our laws, and say to employers, it's against the law for you to hire somebody here illegally; we intend to fine you when we catch you doing it."http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/07/20060705.html President Bush Thanks Military on Independence Day at Fort Bragg, North Carolina - July 4, 2006- July 4, 2006 President Bush on Tuesday said, "Since that first 4th of July, some 43 million Americans have defended our freedom in times of war. These brave men and women crossed oceans and continents to defeat murderous ideologies and to secure the peace for generations that followed. We live in liberty because of the courage they displayed -- from Bunker Hill to Baghdad, from Concord to Kabul -- on this Independence Day we honor their achievements and we thank them for their service in freedom's cause."http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/07/20060704.html |