Secret Service and the Presidents
Historian William Seale has described presidential protection as a learning process, with presidents and their families and the Secret Service...
Mexican State Dinners: President and Mrs. Bush on the Truman Balcony
- Date of Work
- September 5, 2001
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- George W. Bush Presidential Library
Mexican State Dinners: President and Mrs. Bush on the Truman Balcony
President and Mrs. Vicente Fox visit with President and Mrs. Bush on the Truman Balcony of the White House before receiving guests at the State Dinner. September 5, 2001.
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