http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-aug1605-bush_visit_details.7ca11f34.htmlPresident Bush will spend three days in Idaho; Boise, Nampa and Donnelly likely stops
02:36 PM MDT on Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Tim Stokes
Idaho's NewsChannel 7
President George Bush is finally coming to Idaho. He will make his first trip to the gem state later this month.
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Bush, the Secret Service and rest of his traveling team will all make their way to Donnelly, where all indications are that they will stay both Monday and Tuesday nights at Tamarack Resort.
President Bush has become an avid mountain biker in recent years and it’s expected that he'll take to the many bike trails in the Tamarack area.
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And the press gaggle this morning:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050816.htmlFor next week, a couple of you have asked for some specifics. On Monday, August 22nd, the President will make remarks to the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention that's being held in Salt Lake City, Utah; open press. He will remain overnight in Donnelly, Idaho.
Tuesday, there are no public events, still he will be in Donnelly, Idaho. And Wednesday, August 24th, the President will make remarks on the war on terror, and that's in Nampa, Idaho. And then he'll return to the ranch that night.
With that, I'll happily take your questions.
Q What's in Donnelly? What's he doing in Donnelly?
MS. PERINO: I'll see if I can get some more on that. I don't know.
Q Is that a recreational stop, Donnelly?
MS. PERINO: I'll see what I can find for you. I don't have it right now.
Q Does the President have any plans at all to meet with Cindy Sheehan? And what did you think about the latest, you know, thing where the crosses were destroyed along the road?
MS. PERINO: The President said in his -- last Thursday, when he spoke to you all after the defense meeting, that he sympathizes with her, he has met with her before. He said that one of the most cherished rights in America is the right to free speech and that she has a right to express her views. He does not agree with her views, but he says he respects her right to peacefully protest. But, other than that, I have nothing more to add.
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Q Dana, can you tell -- I'm sorry, the overnight is Donnelly, Idaho, on Tuesday night, or Monday night?
MS. PERINO: On Monday and Tuesday night.
Q In the same place, Donnelly, Idaho. Do you know how far that is from Boise?
MS. PERINO: I don't know how far that is from Boise, but I can -- we can look at a map and try to figure it out.
Q I am, I can't find it. Okay. And Tuesday, he has no public schedule in Donnelly?
MS. PERINO: No, ma'am.
Q Well, he must be doing something. Is he fishing with the Vice President?
MS. PERINO: This is all the information I have right now, and I can see if I can get you some more.
Q Is there a vice presidential component to this trip? You don't know.
MS. PERINO: The Vice President? No, I don't believe so. I think -- no. Yes, Mark.
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He's going to Idaho to go bike-riding? Weirdness.