Bush Inauguration

WAX2001012056 - 20 JANUARY 2001 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: L to R Florida Governor Jeb Bush, First Lady Laura Bush, Barbara bush, George H. W. Bush and President George W. Bush prepare to take their seats in the Presidential reviewing stand to watch the Inaugural Parade January 20, 2001 in Washington. UPI

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Navy may move carrier to Fla. from Va.

NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy has announced plans to base one aircraft carrier near Jacksonville, Fla., instead of concentrating the fleet in Virginia.

Atlantic Eye: Czech and American heroes

HOUSTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Former President George H.W. Bush entered the room from the right front of the stage, with former first lady Barbara Bush close behind. "Do I know you?" she said to me with a Cheshire cat grin as she walked by and sat within earshot and kitty-corner at the neighboring table. "We met in Prague some years ago, ma'am," I said. "Beautiful," she said. "We'll have to talk." And she sat down. It was the gala of the American Friends of the Czech Republic at Houston's venerable J.W. Marriott hotel last week.

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Iraq Press Roundup

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