Standing amid the rubble, US President George W. Bush puts his arms around Kendra and Jay Jeffcoat whose home was destroyed by wildfires around San Diego, California October 25, 2007. Firefighters won the upper hand against most of California's wildfires on Thursday, though several still burned out of control as President George W. Bush surveyed what he called "terrible devastation" from the five-day disaster. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES)
US President George W. Bush sits with first responders fighting the Southern California wildfires before lunch in Escondido, California. Bush toured fire-stricken California Thursday as the burned bodies of two more people were found among the smoldering rubble of infernos that have destroyed at least 1,400 homes and displaced 500,000 people.(AFP/Saul Loeb)
Walking amid the rubble, President Bush (L) tours a San Deigo neighborhood destroyed by wildfires in California October 25, 2007. Trailing Bush is California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
President Bush talks with Luvelle Jaime (R), her daughter Kiara and husband Phil, who lost their home to wildfires, as the president visits evacuated residents at the Rancho Bernardo Community Center in the Rancho Bernardo neighborhood of San Diego October 25, 2007. (Jay L. Clendenin/Pool/Reuters)
President Bush hugs Brea Fire Capt. Kathy Schaefer at Kit Carson Park in Escondido, California, which is base camp for firefighters fighting fires in San Diego County, October 25, 2007. REUTERS/K.C. Alfred/Pool
U.S. President George W. Bush waves as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House upon his return to Washington after a one-day trip to the California wildfires areas October 25, 2007. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES)