Chimp and Condi go public with their "arrangement"..

[Virginia Dare]

and Pickles publicly denies faking her arm injury in order to avoid going to Iraq...:wow: :wow:

No, Really, She Has an Injured Arm
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Sometimes a pinched nerve really is just a pinched nerve. Laura Bush's decision to stay home from this week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Australia on doctor's orders caused speculation that it was a cover story to explain why she wasn't with President Bush on Monday's secret trip to Iraq. But the first lady said she's not faking it.

"You can see me holding my arm," she told reporters yesterday who asked if the injury was an excuse to keep her safely out of the war zone. "No, it wasn't a trick," she insisted. Her doctors advised her not to travel overseas to avoid complications; this is the first time she's skipped a major trip since injuring the nerve while hiking in April.

Without the first lady at his side, the president is escorting his office wife -- Condi Rice-- to official events. At last night's dinner hosted by Prime Minister John Howard in Sydney, the president posed with Rice and told photographers, "She can be my date."


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/09/26/LI2005092600765.html