Archive for December 10th, 2007
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Press Briefing by Dana Perino – 12/11/2007
MS. PERINO: Good afternoon. This morning I told you about the federal response in helping deal with the severe winter storms impacting the Midwest, and I wanted to provide you an update on the federal response. First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers are with the families who’ve lost loved ones because of the storm. This morning, the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff briefed the President about the storms, and provided him an update on our efforts to assist state and local authorities with the response. The President will continue to receive updates as appropriate.
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President Bush Discusses Monitoring the Future Study on Teen Drug Use – December 11, 2007
President Bush said on Tuesday, “This morning I was briefed on the latest Monitoring the Future study, which tracks drug use amongst America’s youth. It reports that since 2001, the overall use of illicit drugs by young people has dropped by 24 percent. Marijuana use fell by 25 percent, steroid use by a third, and the use of ecstasy by 54 percent. The most encouraging statistic relates to the use of methamphetamine, which has plummeted by an impressive 64 percent since 2001.”
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President Bush Meets with President Giorgio Napolitano of Italy – December 11, 2007
President Bush on Tuesday said, “Bilateral relations with the United States and Italy are very good. We have a lot of interchange between our countries, with business as well as travel. And there are millions of Italian Americans who will be pleased, Mr. President, to know we’ve got good relations.”
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President’s Statement on UN Special Rapporteur’s Findings on Burma
I am deeply disturbed by the report that UN Special Rapporteur Paulo
Pinheiro released today in Geneva documenting his findings from his
trip to Burma last month. It provides further alarming details about
the Burmese authorities’ crackdown on demonstrations by monks and
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Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate
Yousif Boutrous Ghafari, of Michigan, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Slovenia.
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Personnel Announcement
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
four individuals and appoint five individuals to serve in his
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Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for Oklahoma
The President yesterday declared an emergency exists in the State of Oklahoma and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local response efforts in the area struck by severe winter storms beginning on December 8, 2007, and continuing.
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Press Briefing by John Walters, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and Nora Volkow, Director of National Institute on Drug Abuse on the “Monitoring the Future” Report
DIRECTOR WALTERS: Thank you. As you know, the President announced the
latest results of “Monitoring the Future,” the annual survey that has
been done since the mid-’70s, about rates of teen drug use among 12th,
10th and 8th graders. The President noted that in 2002 we set a goal
of reducing overall teenage drug use by 25 percent. Today’s results,
covering the 2007 school year, note an overall reduction of 24 percent
for selected drugs. Obviously, the widest drug abuse by teenagers and
adults is marijuana; that’s been down 25 percent. This is the overall
trend for the three grades — the 8th graders being the one at the
bottom with the lowest rates, and some of the steepest declines the
10th and 12th graders, for the period since the studies existed, since
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Fact Sheet: Significant, Long-Term Reductions in Youth Drug Use
Today, President Bush was briefed on the latest Monitoring the Future (MTF) Study, which tracks drug use among America’s young people. In 2002, the President committed our Nation to an ambitious goal of cutting drug use among young people by 25 percent over the next five years. With the support of Congress, the hard work of law enforcement officials, the dedication of treatment professionals, some bold interventions against drug traffickers by foreign allies in places like Mexico and Colombia, and the tireless efforts of thousands of faith-based and community organizations around the country – on their own and with support from Federal programs such as the President’s voucher-based Access to Recovery program – we have achieved significant declines in drug use.
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President Bush to Welcome President Alan Garcia of Peru
President Bush will welcome President Alan Garcia of Peru to the White
House on December 14, 2007. Peru is a staunch ally of the United
States and has demonstrated unequivocal support for democracy, human
rights, and the expansion of economic opportunity in the Western
Hemisphere. The President looks forward to signing the implementing
legislation for the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement
passed by Congress. President Bush and President Garcia will also
discuss a range of issues, including how like-minded countries can
work together to better promote democracy, human rights, and social
justice.
