"Millions of Americans are watching right now, " the president told reporters in a brief news conference in the White House Rose Garden.

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One year ago tomorrow, George W. Bush strode into the White House Rose Garden to unveil what he called a "vision" for Mideast peace.

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"This is their moment, this is our moment, to live up to the trust that the American people have placed in us, " Obama told reporters in the White House rose garden.

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"And I believe that if we wilt or leave, America's security will be much worse off, " Bush said, in a joint appearance with Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi before reporters in the White House Rose Garden.

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By telling the U.S. to embrace the PLO, Israel found itself without recourse when -- in the space of just a few weeks from the euphoric signing ceremony in the White House Rose Garden -- the PLO resumed its war against Israel, transforming the areas Israel had transferred to its control into the largest terror training bases in the world.

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Bush and Obasanjo were scheduled to retire to the White House shortly after the Rose Garden announcement to discuss a wide variety of issues -- most notably Bush's hope to convince OPEC to boost its daily per-barrel production of crude oil, as the U.S. anticipates a supply shortage heading into the summer.

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But imagining that I would one day stand in the Rose Garden of the White House and receive the Medal of Freedom from an American President, that was certainly beyond even my wildest dreams.

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