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Getting ready for a vacation can be so hectic. It certainly was for George W. Bush last week. While Laura Bush left the White House early to get the ranch in Crawford, Texas, ready for a month-long holiday (one of the longest in presidential history), the President rushed through some last-minute errands. He didn't have to worry about canceling the papers or stopping the mail. He did have to resuscitate his education plan, persuade lawmakers to vote for his industry-friendly energy proposals and get his preferred version of HMO reform through the House...
...enough data, though, for the White House, which last week convened a summit headed by Laura Bush on early childhood learning. The summit was not a discussion of how to make preschool available to more children, nor was there a statement of support to find more funding for existing programs. Rather, the two-day conference of 400 education and community leaders ended with Laura Bush reminding us to read to our kids, and education secretary Rod Paige announcing yet another task force on preschool. This one, Paige said, will raise public awareness about the need for early childhood cognitive development...
...With reporting by Viveca Novak, Elaine Shannon and Michael Weisskopf/Washington, Sean Scully/Modesto and Laura A. Locke/San Francisco
...First Lady Laura Bush is smiling because...
...LAURA BUSH, U.S. First Lady Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography by PETER J. CONN "I always read every night for 30 or 40 minutes at least. Sometimes [the President] asks me to turn out the light, and sometimes I have to ask him. It depends on who's sleepiest...