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Friday, October 6, 2006

Kickbusch at White House

By Ken Herman | Friday, October 6, 2006, 02:50 PM

No way the president could let this one slip by without comment at today’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration in the East Room.

“I am proud to be here with Lieutenant Colonel Consuelo Kickbusch. She’s the winner of the Hispanic Heritage Award 2006. Interesting name: Kickbusch. Sounds like a political campaign,” Bush said.

Kickbusch, who retired from the Army in 1996, is a Laredo native. She is the founder of Educational Achievement Services and is a motivational speaker.

Bush also welcomed “his royal highness, Prince Felipe de Borbon, the crown prince of the kingdom of Spain.”

“Please give your best to His Majesty and your mom,” Bush said. “And I will do the same on behalf of you to my father and Her Majesty, my mother.”

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