U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH THANKS ANDREA GILHAM IN WASHINGTON DC, 2003-05-20 (photo)

U.S. President George W. Bush thanks Andrea Gilham (R), Fire Management Officer in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for her individual efforts in helping avoid and fight wildfires, after he delivered remarks in the East Garden of the White House May 20, 2003. Bush endorsed a bill to thin the undergrowth of 20 million acres (8.1 million hectares) of forest land susceptible to wildfires following one of the most catastrophic years for forest fires in the United States, when seven million acres (2.8 million hectares) of forest land went up in flames. REUTERS/Jason Reed JIR