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Ärende: Press Release (0702287) for Wed, 2007 Feb 28
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Mrs Bush's Remarks After a Tour of the First Ladies Red Dress Collection
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For Immediate Release Office of the First Lady February 28, 2007

Mrs Bush's Remarks After a Tour of the First Ladies Red Dress Collection
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Simi Valley, California



12:42 P.M. PST

MRS. BUSH: Well, I want to thank everybody, I want to thank the press so
much for coming out to cover the red dresses. I want to thank you, Mrs.
Reagan, for having the red dresses here at the Reagan Library.

The press is a very important partner in the message that the red dresses
give, which is that heart disease is the leading cause of death among
American women. And the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, which is
part of the National Institutes of Health, uses the red dress as the symbol
of heart health, as a way to get out to women that heart disease is the
leading cause of death.

Most women think of heart attacks and heart disease as a man's disease, so
they're later to go to the emergency room if they start to suffer any of
the symptoms of a heart attack. Plus, sometimes women have different
symptoms. They might not have the crushing chest pain that we read about
that men have. They might have a pain in their jaw or in their neck,
extreme fatigue, things that women just mark off as just a part of their
life or as anxiety.

So it's very important for women, if you're starting to feel any of these
symptoms, to go ahead and get straight to the emergency room. It's
lifesaving for women. And so that's what the Red Dress message is, that
heart disease doesn't case what you wear.

But I love to be here with Mrs. Reagan to see these beautiful clothes,
because she, especially, of all of our recent first ladies, was so known
for her style, her beautiful style. And you can see in this tiny little
dress of hers -- (laughter) -- that no wonder she was known for such great
style. The dress that's here of hers is what she wore when President Reagan
was knighted -- or the Lord of the Bath, is that what you call it?

MRS. REAGAN: Knighted.

MRS. BUSH: Knighted at Buckingham Palace. And my dress that's here is the
one I wore recently to the Kennedy Center Honors, and it ended up three
other women had exactly the same dress, which goes to show women love red
dresses. (Laughter.)

So I thought people would think it was fun to get to see this dress. Both
of our dresses are Oscar de la Renta, the one that Mrs. Reagan wore a few
years ago, and the one that I wore this year.

So thanks, you all. Thank you all for covering women's heart health. You're
really our partners in getting the word out to women that heart disease --
they need to take, women need to take heart disease seriously and
personally.

END 12:45 P.M. PST

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