PRESIDENT BUSH ATTENDS THE 2006 UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY GRADUATION CEREMONY AT WEST POINT

President George W. Bush sits and waits to speak at Michie Stadium for the 2006 Graduation Ceremony of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York on May 27, 2006. (UPI Photo/John Angelillo)

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