White House Press BriefingsPress Briefings by the White House Press Secretary and other Administration officials.Press Briefing by Tony Snow - 10312006- October 31, 2006 MR. SNOW: On today's schedule, the President had a phone call at 7:45 a.m. this morning with President Lula da Silva of Brazil a brief conversation, about five minutes, very friendly, the President congratulating President Lula on his recent election victory. The two of them also talked about issues of mutual interest, which include energy, biofuels, and trade. And they both said that they'd like to get together sometime soon. So, more on that when that is put together.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061031-8.html Press Briefing by Tony Snow - 10272006- October 27, 2006 MR. SNOW: Welcome. A couple of items of business, and then we'll go to questions. A little bit ago the President placed a phone call to Tom Tidwell, who is the Deputy Regional Forester at the U.S. Forest Service, to express condolences over what is now being called the Esperanza incident, a fire near Palm Springs, California, that has claimed the lives of four firefighters who were Forest Service employees belonging to Engine Crew 57, in the San Jacinto Ranger District. The dead are Mark...http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061027-1.html Press Briefing by Tony Snow - 10232006- October 23, 2006 People can have a dream, and they can work hard to achieve that dream. And the role of government, it seems to me, is to make sure that the dreamers are rewarded for their hard work and their ingenuity and success. And the best way to do that is to reduce taxes on people. The more money a entrepreneur has in his or her pocket, the more likely it is he or she will be able to expand that business, which will create jobs.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061023-2.html Press Briefing by Tony Snow - 10202006- October 20, 2006 President Bush will host NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the White House on October 27, 2006. The President looks forward to reviewing with the Secretary General the work underway for the NATO summit in Riga, Latvia, next month, to strengthen and transform the alliance to meet the key security challenges of the 21st century.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061020-5.html Press Briefing by Tony Snow - 10192006- October 19, 2006 MR. SNOW: Good morning, welcome. Let me read out what's going on today, and then I'll take your questions. The President has had his normal briefings. Next on the schedule he is going to be heading to the Sherwood Pennsylvania Victory Committee Reception in La Plume, Pennsylvania. That's at 2:00 p.m. At 5:40 p.m. in Richmond, Virginia, a remarks at Friends of George Allen Reception, and will return to the White House at about 7:50 p.m.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061019-1.html Press Briefing by Tony Snow - 10172006- October 17, 2006 MR. SNOW: Quickly, the President had a drop by meeting today with the new U.N. Secretary General designate Ban Ki moon, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea. The President congratulated the Foreign Minister on his election. The Foreign Minister thanked him for U.S. support. The President urged the Foreign Minister to address U.N. management and reform issues, and promised U.S. help during his tenure in making the U.N. more effective. The President said he was very much looking forward..http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061017-3.html Press Briefing by Tony Snow - 10162006- October 16, 2006 MR. SNOW: Good afternoon. Just a quick opening note, and then I'll be happy to take questions. I think everybody now has gotten word, first the North Korean test has been concluded to have been nuclear.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061016-1.html Press Briefing by Tony Snow - 10132006- October 13, 2006 MR. SNOW: One brief announcement and then questions. The announcement, the President and Mrs. Bush will welcome Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden to the White House on October 23, 2006.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061013-10.html Press Briefing by Tony Snow - 10102006- October 10, 2006 MR. SNOW: Good afternoon. Let's go straight, I guess it's still morning. Let's go straight to questions.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061010-5.html Press Briefing by Dana Perino - 10062006- October 6, 2006 MS. PERINO: Good afternoon. I have two foreign leader calls to readout, and an announcement, and then we'll get started.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061006-11.html |