The President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, accompanied by the First Lady, Mrs. Laura Bush, and the cream of his policy team, including the Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Joshua Bolten, Chief of Staff to the President, Stephen Hadley, National Security Adviser, Edward Gillespie, former Republican Party Chair and Counselor to the President, Dana Perino, Press Secretary to the President, Jenadayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, and Bobby Pittman, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs, have come and gone.