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Interview of the President by Bob Costas, NBC Sports
President George W. Bush speaks with Bob Costas of NBC Sports during an interview Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, while attending the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush speaks with Bob Costas of NBC Sports during an interview Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, while attending the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. White House photo by Eric Draper Full Story
Mrs. Laura Bush wearing a U.S. Olympic baseball team hat watches the U.S. Olympic men's baseball team play a practice game against the Chinese Olympic men's baseball team Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
President George W. Bush meets with U.S. Olympic men's baseball team player Dexter Fowler of Alpharetta, Ga., while attending a practice game between the U.S. and the Chinese Olympic men's baseball teams Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush speaks with Bob Costas of NBC Sports during an interview Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, while attending the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush poses for photos with members of the U.S. Olympic men's baseball team prior to a practice game against the Chinese Olympic men's baseball team Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
Mrs. Laura Bush wearing a U.S. Olympic baseball team hat uses a fan to keep cool as she watches the U.S. Olympic men's baseball team play a practice game against the Chinese Olympic men's baseball team Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush talks with the Chinese Olympic men's baseball team manager, Jim Lefebvre, prior to a practice game with the U.S. Olympic men's baseball team Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush poses for a photo with the U.S. Olympic men's baseball team and their manager Davey Johnson, right, prior to a practice game with the Chinese Olympic men's baseball team Monday Aug. 11, 2008, at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. The U.S. Olympic men's baseball team presented President Bush with a U.S. Olympic baseball hat and an autographed U.S. Olympic baseball jersey. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush throws out the first pitch to the U.S. Olympic men's baseball team catcher Lou Marson before a practice game against the Chinese Olympic men's baseball team Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush throws out the first pitch at the Men’s Olympic Baseball practice with Team USA and Team China, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. White House Photo by Eric Draper White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush, accompanied by Mrs. Laura Bush, waves an American flag as he cheers for the U.S. Olympic swimming team Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, in the National Aquatic Center at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush poses for photos with members of the U.S. and China's men's Olympic baseball teams prior to a practice game between the two teams Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush poses for a photo with U.S. Olympic swimming gold medalist Michael Phelps during his visit Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008 to the National Aquatic Center in Beijing, where Phelps won his first Olympic gold medal in the men's 400 meter individual medley. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
President George W. Bush delivers his statement on the escalating Russian violence in Georgia Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, in the Rose Garden of the White House. President Bush pressed Russia to accept an immediate cease-fire and to pull back its troops. White House photo by Luke Sharrett
President George W. Bush delivers remarks on the ongoing conflict involving Georgia, Russia, and the Georgian provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, in the Rose Garden of the White House. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian