Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2197 George W. Bush en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:42:29 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2197 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_judges ap/20080724/bush_judges AP Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:42:29 GMT AP - President Bush on Thursday nominated Paul S. Diamond to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, withdrawing his earlier pick for the job after she drew opposition in the Senate. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080724/pl_nm/energy_bush_dc nm/20080724/energy_bush_dc Reuters Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:56:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080724/pl_nm/energy_bush_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080724/2008_07_24t131818_450x300_us_energy_bush.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=NUL4gR3CZyP1.HioR7yRxA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Private security contractors patrol the Department of Energy's Stategic Petroleum Reserve in Bryan Mound, Texas May 20, 2008. (Donna W. Carson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The White House on Thursday threatened to veto legislation that would require the government to sell 10 percent of the oil in the nation's emergency petroleum stockpile.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080724/pl_nm/energy_bush_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080724/2008_07_24t131818_450x300_us_energy_bush.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=NUL4gR3CZyP1.HioR7yRxA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Private security contractors patrol the Department of Energy's Stategic Petroleum Reserve in Bryan Mound, Texas May 20, 2008. (Donna W. Carson/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080724/ts_nm/bush_freedom_dc nm/20080724/bush_freedom_dc Reuters Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:27:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080724/ts_nm/bush_freedom_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080724/2008_07_24t132630_450x300_us_bush_freedom.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=vSefuejmBP077uhpdu7EcA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="U.S. President George W. Bush prepares to make remarks on his freedom agenda at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington July 24, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President George W. Bush on Thursday urged his successor to carry on what he called his "freedom agenda" of promoting human rights, democracy, and free trade around the world.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080724/ts_nm/bush_freedom_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080724/2008_07_24t132630_450x300_us_bush_freedom.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=vSefuejmBP077uhpdu7EcA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. President George W. Bush prepares to make remarks on his freedom agenda at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington July 24, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080724/pl_nm/trade_wto_bush_singh_dc nm/20080724/trade_wto_bush_singh_dc Reuters Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:37:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080724/pl_nm/trade_wto_bush_singh_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080724/2008_07_24t115129_450x354_us_trade_wto_bush_singh.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=qoiTSGPzA0rqhfzVn5DfQw--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gestures to photographers upon his arrival at the Indian parliament in New Delhi July 22, 2008. (B Mathur/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President George W. Bush and India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday discussed the need for leading trading countries to contribute to a breakthrough in the Doha round of world trade talks, the White House said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080724/pl_nm/trade_wto_bush_singh_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080724/2008_07_24t115129_450x354_us_trade_wto_bush_singh.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=qoiTSGPzA0rqhfzVn5DfQw--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="photo" title="India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gestures to photographers upon his arrival at the Indian parliament in New Delhi July 22, 2008. (B Mathur/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_go_ot/russert_highway ap/20080723/russert_highway AP Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:32:58 GMT AP - President Bush has signed a bill honoring the late NBC newsman Tim Russert by naming a stretch of highway in New York after him. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080723/pl_nm/usa_bush_wallstreet_dc nm/20080723/usa_bush_wallstreet_dc Reuters Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:04:59 GMT Reuters - President George W. Bush has an explanation for the housing market meltdown that has thrown the global economy into turmoil: Wall Street got drunk. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080723/ts_nm/fannie_freddie_bush_dc nm/20080723/fannie_freddie_bush_dc Reuters Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:47:52 GMT Reuters - President George W. Bush will sign into law a housing rescue package, despite objections about a provision to provide grants to communities to buy and repair foreclosed homes, because the legislation was needed promptly to address the crisis, the White House said on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_trade ap/20080722/bush_trade AP Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:10:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_trade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080720/i/r2161810451.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=cY0AzhPCzFINDo1JXrfHNg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="U. S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer speaks during a news conference in the Caribbean port city of Cartagena July 19, 2008. Schafer is in Colombia to promote a free trade agreement. The words on his t-shirt read: "Colombia is me." REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Bush on Tuesday seasoned his call to Congress to pass a free trade pact with Colombia with a little Latino music.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_trade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080720/i/r2161810451.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=cY0AzhPCzFINDo1JXrfHNg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="U. S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer speaks during a news conference in the Caribbean port city of Cartagena July 19, 2008. Schafer is in Colombia to promote a free trade agreement. The words on his t-shirt read: "Colombia is me." REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_el_ho/bush_georgia ap/20080722/bush_georgia AP Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:49:56 GMT AP - President Bush is hoping that this will be the year his party ousts Democratic Rep. Jim Marshall from Congress and he came to Georgia on Tuesday to pump money into the campaign of Marshall's challenger. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_wall_street_hangover ap/20080722/bush_wall_street_hangover AP Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:08:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_wall_street_hangover"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080722/capt.df5326c1a5504864a4f740907854b875.bush_dclj101.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=tvJTt6srgdkkAAjoREXuGw--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="President Bush arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 22, 2008, after attending a fundraiser in Georgia. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Bush, in an unguarded moment, said Wall Street "got drunk and now it's got a hangover."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_wall_street_hangover"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080722/capt.df5326c1a5504864a4f740907854b875.bush_dclj101.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=tvJTt6srgdkkAAjoREXuGw--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="President Bush arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 22, 2008, after attending a fundraiser in Georgia. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080722/pl_nm/bush_colombia_dc nm/20080722/bush_colombia_dc Reuters Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:54:38 GMT Reuters - President George W. Bush on Tuesday urged Congress to move forward on a free trade deal with Colombia, saying failure to approve it was hurting U.S. businesses at a time of economic uncertainty. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_olympics ap/20080722/bush_olympics AP Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:09:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_olympics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080721/capt.b9e9436cc1f94c1ab8547fd552ca8814.bush_olympics_dcev109.jpg?x=119&y=130&q=85&sig=AgVDfSDi5xTbNaHvrBmvAA--" align="left" height="130" width="119" alt="President Bush shakes hands with U.S. Olympic Volleyball Team member Misty May-Treanor, Monday, July 21,2008, in the Rose Garden of White House in Washington, after he made remarks to the 2008 U.S. Summer Olympic Team. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Bush gave U.S. Olympians a rousing White House send-off to next month's games in Beijing, urging them Monday to "compete swifter, higher and stronger" but also be mindful they will be "ambassadors of liberty" to the people of China and elsewhere.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_olympics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080721/capt.b9e9436cc1f94c1ab8547fd552ca8814.bush_olympics_dcev109.jpg?x=119&y=130&q=85&sig=AgVDfSDi5xTbNaHvrBmvAA--" align="left" height="130" width="119" alt="photo" title="President Bush shakes hands with U.S. Olympic Volleyball Team member Misty May-Treanor, Monday, July 21,2008, in the Rose Garden of White House in Washington, after he made remarks to the 2008 U.S. Summer Olympic Team. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080721/ts_nm/bush_housing_dc nm/20080721/bush_housing_dc Reuters Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:34:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080721/ts_nm/bush_housing_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080721/i/r1761008507.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=z3xBRSUb8OCCUXnQC1Fh1w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Houses stand in a tight row in Denver's Stapleton development July 6, 2008. REUTERS/Rick Wilking" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The White House on Monday said it hoped for progress on a sweeping housing rescue plan by the end of this week, but reiterated a veto threat over a provision that Congress looks likely to include in the bill.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080721/ts_nm/bush_housing_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080721/i/r1761008507.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=z3xBRSUb8OCCUXnQC1Fh1w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Houses stand in a tight row in Denver's Stapleton development July 6, 2008. REUTERS/Rick Wilking" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080721/pl_nm/bush_kosovo_dc nm/20080721/bush_kosovo_dc Reuters Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:22:00 GMT Reuters - President George W. Bush on Monday told leaders of Kosovo he would urge more countries to recognize the former Serbian province and he opposed partition of the newly-independent state. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080721/pl_nm/bush_axis_dc nm/20080721/bush_axis_dc Reuters Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:36:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080721/pl_nm/bush_axis_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080708/capt.cps.mxz89.080708175532.photo01.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=fvbO6P2X8qp5gtDES1AP0Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives a press conference at the D8 Summit in Kuala Lumpur. Ahmadinejad on Tuesday downplayed the threat of an attack on his country by the United States, saying it would be "political suicide" for US President George W. Bush.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush in 2002 branded Iraq, Iran and North Korea part of an "axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world" -- and he believes two of them still are, the White House said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080721/pl_nm/bush_axis_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080708/capt.cps.mxz89.080708175532.photo01.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=fvbO6P2X8qp5gtDES1AP0Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives a press conference at the D8 Summit in Kuala Lumpur. Ahmadinejad on Tuesday downplayed the threat of an attack on his country by the United States, saying it would be "political suicide" for US President George W. Bush.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080721/pl_nm/iraq_usa_bush_dc nm/20080721/iraq_usa_bush_dc Reuters Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:13:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080721/pl_nm/iraq_usa_bush_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080725/2008_07_25t084454_349x450_us_iraq_maliki_withdrawal.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=asnpJvdioXKsDZzJJTE5Dg--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during the opening ceremony of a new airport in Najaf, about 100 miles south of Baghdad, July 20, 2008. (Ali Abu Shish/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United States and Iraq were unlikely to meet a July 31 deadline for completing a long-term security pact, but intensive negotiations were under way on an agreement that will help dictate the role of U.S. forces after year-end, the White House said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080721/pl_nm/iraq_usa_bush_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080725/2008_07_25t084454_349x450_us_iraq_maliki_withdrawal.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=asnpJvdioXKsDZzJJTE5Dg--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during the opening ceremony of a new airport in Najaf, about 100 miles south of Baghdad, July 20, 2008. (Ali Abu Shish/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080720/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush ap/20080720/bush AP Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:13:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080720/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080718/capt.1fc73ad45ef7479ba5875c4a2126f237.bush_txev206.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=eZdyup0E0mbs4FtEP9ctkA--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="President Bush pauses as he speaks with reporters after arriving at Ellington Field Friday, July 18, 2008 in Houston. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>AP - Responding to Americans' anger over gas prices and the housing bust, President Bush is stepping up pressure on Congress to open up offshore oil exploration and work to restore confidence in the housing finance industry.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080720/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080718/capt.1fc73ad45ef7479ba5875c4a2126f237.bush_txev206.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=eZdyup0E0mbs4FtEP9ctkA--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="photo" title="President Bush pauses as he speaks with reporters after arriving at Ellington Field Friday, July 18, 2008 in Houston. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080718/ts_nm/sewage_bush_dc nm/20080718/sewage_bush_dc Reuters Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:51:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080718/ts_nm/sewage_bush_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080718/i/r1962209925.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=O_tlaG8dnGfU3.Pc3bTl3g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="President George W. Bush listens to remarks from Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 16, 2008. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque" border="0" /></a>Reuters - San Francisco voters, never thrilled with George W. Bush, may give the president a parting shot in November by naming a sewage plant after him.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080718/ts_nm/sewage_bush_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080718/i/r1962209925.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=O_tlaG8dnGfU3.Pc3bTl3g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="President George W. Bush listens to remarks from Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 16, 2008. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_fundraisers ap/20080718/bush_fundraisers AP Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:49:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_fundraisers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080718/capt.b73ad97514e14e629786eaee7efcb06c.bush_txps101.jpg?x=130&y=109&q=85&sig=Vs0M2r1CHcO3igLRyp1m5A--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="President Bush, right, shakes hands with Republican congressional candidate, Pete Olsen, Friday, July 18, 2008 in Houston. Bush is in Houston for a fund raiser for Olsen. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Bush, in the second half of a Southwestern fundraising trip Friday, backed the candidacy of Republican Pete Olson, who is challenging incumbent Rep. Nick Lampson in Texas' 22nd congressional district.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_fundraisers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080718/capt.b73ad97514e14e629786eaee7efcb06c.bush_txps101.jpg?x=130&y=109&q=85&sig=Vs0M2r1CHcO3igLRyp1m5A--" align="left" height="109" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Bush, right, shakes hands with Republican congressional candidate, Pete Olsen, Friday, July 18, 2008 in Houston. Bush is in Houston for a fund raiser for Olsen. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_re_us/bush_wildfires ap/20080718/bush_wildfires AP Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:58:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_re_us/bush_wildfires"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080717/capt.c000b0b2a1374f6a8186681f10035822.bush_caev102.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=gVXSKDxWy6n5slDH6WUp9A--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="President Bush takes part in a briefing on the California wildfires Thursday, July 17, 2008 in Redding, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Bush offered federal help and encouragement Thursday to some of the 25,000 firefighters working under a blazing sun to contain wildfires that make up the single largest fire event ever recorded in California.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/georgewbush/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_re_us/bush_wildfires"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080717/capt.c000b0b2a1374f6a8186681f10035822.bush_caev102.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=gVXSKDxWy6n5slDH6WUp9A--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Bush takes part in a briefing on the California wildfires Thursday, July 17, 2008 in Redding, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)