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...After a tense press conference with Putin, Bush was happy to be headed home and worked out his post-travel weariness onboard Air Force One. Was this kinder, gentler Bush just for show, or is the President really serious about setting a new tone? Europeans have reason to be skeptical. Last week's rhetoric of shared values and a common way forward sounded a lot like the rhetoric of Bush's previous fence-mending trips. And Bush himself seemed to signal that not all that much had changed. When asked about the "old and new Rumsfeld" - a reference...
...Recommended amount of water flyers should drink for every hour onboard a plane...
...more detailed picture and told the President and senior aides the bad news. Florida Governor Jeb Bush had been saying the state was looking good, and the Bush team had expected to be ahead in Ohio. But Kerry was leading everywhere. "I wanted to throw up," said an aide onboard. Bush was more philosophical: "Well, it is what it is," he told adviser Karen Hughes. On the ground in Arlington, Va., that afternoon, chief strategist Matthew Dowd was walking around Bush campaign headquarters looking like a "scientist whose formulas were all wrong," said a top Bush staff member. Dowd...
...force. Kerry's answer would dishearten some of his strongly antiwar supporters and make it seem as if he still could not find a consistent thread in his case against Bush. "We couldn't believe that he went for it," says White House communications director Dan Bartlett. Onboard Air Force One the President sat with Rove, Karen Hughes and Bartlett, his advisers almost giddy as they worked on new language for the President's remarks. Bartlett answered an email on his BlackBerry that asked if Kerry had given the campaign a gift. The communications director messaged back...
According to MedLink, which is a 24hour operation, the most common onboard ailments are fainting, stomach upsets and respiratory problems. Some of the doctors' most important work, though, is building a crew's confidence. "Dealing with a patient at a distance isn't usually the problem," says Baron. "It's convincing the crew the passenger who isn't doing well isn't actually going...