December 23, 2003
Source: The Associated Press
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20031222-1540-bush-hanukkah.html
On December 23, 2003 The Associated Press reported, "At a menorah lighting ceremony Monday at the White House, President Bush prayed for Americans serving in the U.S. armed forces and expressed his hope that all people who live under oppression will one day be free. 'We hope and pray that all who live under tyranny, will see their day of freedom, and that the light of faith will always shine through the darkness,'Bush said before candles were lighted on a 3-foot candelabra, which is more than two centuries old...Earlier Monday, Bush met in the Roosevelt Room with about 20 rabbis and Jewish community leaders."