PRESIDENT BUSH AND FIRST LADY PARTICIPATE IN HANUKKAH CELEBRATION
President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush participate in a Hanukkah reception at the White House on December 18, 2006. President Bush watched as Ariel Cohen said the Hanukkah blessing and lit the menorah on the fourth night of Hanukkah. (UPI Photo/Evan F. Sisley/Pool)
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