WASHINGTON President Bush switched on the national Christmastree Thursday night in a rain-drenched ceremony and offered prayersfor an end to turmoil in famine-ravaged Somalia.
The president, accompanied by his wife Barbara to the annualevent - and his last - on the Ellipse just south of the White House,said he wanted to dedicate the 18-and-a-half foot Christmas tree tothe children of America.
"May I simply say, let us think of the children of Somalia tooand children everywhere who live in fear and want, and our prayersare with them," he said after switching on the lights of the tree.
Several hundred people braved rain and wet snow for the event.
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