President Bush is getting plenty of bike time during his ranch vacation, and next weekend he even gets to hit the trails with seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong.
Armstrong, a fellow Texan and a cancer survivor who last month won his most recent Tour de France, told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday that he’ll travel to Crawford, Texas, on Saturday to ride mountain bikes with the president around Bush’s ranch.
“It’s a dream scenario for me,” Armstrong said. “Now that President Bush doesn’t run anymore, he rides his mountain bike fanatically. People wonder why he’s stays at the ranch so long, it might be the mountain bike trails.”
Bush has become an avid biker in the last couple of years, after a knee injury forced him to give up his jogging routine.
U2 honored with Order of Liberty in Portugal
Members of the Irish rock band U2 received Portugal’s Order of Liberty, one of the country’s highest honors, at a formal ceremony held before their concert Sunday in the Portuguese capital.
President Jorge Sampaio presented the medals to Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen in recognition of their work for humanitarian causes over the past 25 years, including heightening awareness on the debt issues facing developing countries.
U2 played at a Live Aid concert for Ethiopian famine relief two decades ago, and last month took part in the Live 8 concerts aimed at pressuring leaders of the world’s richest nations to increase aid to Africa.
CD will feature Bill Clinton’s favorite tunes
Former President Clinton is getting his own CD compilation.
Organizers said it will be called “The Bill Clinton Collection: Selections from the Clinton Music Room” and is planned as the first in a series of discs of the former president’s favorites.
The Clinton Presidential Foundation has been working for months to acquire licensing rights to certain titles. Foundation president Skip Rutherford said the process is complete and mass production has begun for the 11-track disc.
The CD’s songs including “My One and Only Love” by John Coltrane, “Harlem Nocturne” by David Sandborn, “My Funny Valentine” by Miles Davis, “Summertime” by Zoot Sims, “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” by Nina Simone and “Chelsea Morning” by Judy Collins.
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