May 1, 2006: President George W. Bush Meets with Maryland CAP Cadets

On this date in 2006, President George W. Bush met with Civil Air Patrol Cadets from the Maryland Wing and announced several educational initiatives.

An excerpt from the Maryland Wing of the CAP:

President Bush greeted members of the Maryland Wing of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) following a speech he made about education initiatives at the Parkland Magnet School for Aerospace Technology in Rockville, Md.


"Thank you for encouraging your children to aim high," said the President, who was accompanied by U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings.

After noting that he saw CAP cadets in the room and calling out "Civil Air Patrol" to invite them to have a picture taken by a member of his staff, Bush shook hands with the CAP members in attendance and posed for a picture with them.

Bush arrived in the afternoon at the middle school, one of three magnet middle school programs in Montgomery County that were funded by a $7.2 million federal grant.

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