During the meeting it also became clear that the president was concerned about minority support of his administration. Rep. Gray discussed specifics of reaching out to the minority community and those who felt disenfranchised by the November election. Bush is preparing legislation on the issues he highlighted during his campaign and will be requesting congressional action soon, Simon said. But Simon said that with Congress and the nation closely divided the president will have a hard time enacting some of his programs. After the meeting ended Simon pointed out to the president that Simon's son, Martin, a photographer for a news agency, was among the press photographers at the meeting.
Photographers are in a rotational pool that allows different ones to have access to the president.
After the conclusion of the meeting Bush gave Martin a big thumbs up and said he hopes to see him again. This document may be distributed electronically for personal use only, provided it is distributed in its entirety and includes this notice. We encourage you to create links to our pages and ask that you do not duplicate our pages on your own site. Nothing from the Daily Egyptian can be reprinted without the express written permission of the Daily Egyptian.