Bush and his buddies come out swinging

Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Sep 29, 2003

President Bush spent a sunny Sunday joking with his golfing friends at Andrews Air Force Base.

Bush played with David Hobbs, his chief liaison to Congress; Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla., a leading negotiator on the Medicare bill that is stalled in Congress; and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio -- a state Bush plans to visit this week.

The president joked that photographers and reporters should not disturb Boehner, adding that the congressman "doesn't handle pressure very well."