Presidential Delegation tsunami affected countries

President George W. Bush today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to visit tsunami-affected countries of South and Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and The Maldives from February 19-21, 2005.

Members of the Presidential Delegation are:

Former President George Bush Former President William J. Clinton # # #

For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary February 4, 2005 Personnel Announcement

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Freedom Calendar 02/05/05 - 02/12/05

February 5, 1866, U.S. Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (R-PA) introduces legislation, successfully opposed by Democrat President Andrew Johnson, to implement “40 acres and a mule” relief by distributing land to former slaves.

February 6, 1981, President Ronald Reagan designates 1981 as the International Year of Disabled Persons.

February 7, 1983, Republican Elizabeth Dole appointed by President Ronald Reagan as first woman to be U.S. Secretary of Transportation; she would later become first woman to represent North Carolina in U.S. Senate.

February 8, 1894, Democrat Congress and Democrat President Grover Cleveland join to repeal Republicans’ Enforcement Act, which had enabled African-Americans to vote.

February 9, 1864, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton deliver over 100,000 signatures to U.S. Senate supporting Republicans’ plans for constitutional amendment to ban slavery.

February 10, 1995, Death of Judge Masaji Marumoto, Japanese-American Republican who served with distinction on Hawaii Supreme Court.

February 11, 1856, Republican Montgomery Blair argues before U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of his client, the slave Dred Scott; later served in President Lincoln’s Cabinet.

February 12, 1909, Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday. On 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, African-American Republicans and women’s suffragists Ida Wells and Mary Terrell co-found the NAACP.

SOURCE: 2005 Republican Freedom Calendar