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Spellings in Afghanistan (March 30, 2005)
First Lady Laura Bush applauds as Secretary Spellings and Afghan Minister of Education Noor Mohammas Qarqeen complete the signing of the memorandum of understanding for funds to build a university in Kabul, Afghanistan. (White House photo by Susan Sterner)
First Lady Laura Bush applauds as Secretary Spellings and Afghan Minister of Education Noor Mohammas Qarqeen complete the signing of the memorandum of understanding for funds to build a university in Kabul, Afghanistan. (White House photo by Susan Sterner)


First Lady Laura Bush applauds as Secretary Spellings and Afghan Minister of Education Noor Mohammas Qarqeen complete the signing of the memorandum of understanding for funds to build a university in Kabul, Afghanistan. (White House photo by Susan Sterner) First Lady Laura Bush and Secretary Spellings listen to a presentation at Kabul University. They toured the Women's Teacher Training Institute and the National Women's Dormitory prior to Mrs. Bush's announcement of the U.S. commitment to provide more than $15 million for building a new university in Kabul. (White House photo by Susan Sterner)
First Lady Laura Bush and Secretary Spellings visit the Women's Teacher's Training Institute in Kabul, Afghanistan. (White House photo by Susan Sterner) First Lady Laura Bush shares a light moment with President Hamid Karzaiand of Afghanistan, left, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, center, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paul Dobrianski, second on right, and Secretary Spellings, right, after a meeting between the First Lady and President Karzaiand in Kabul, Afghanistan. (White House photo by Susan Sterner)
First Lady Laura Bush watches as Secretary Spellings and Afghan Minister of Education Noor Mohammad Qarqeen complete the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for funds to build a university in Kabul, Afghanistan. (White House photo by Susan Sterner)  

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