Editing Laura Bush (section)

===Foreign trips===
[[Image:Laura Bush talks with African boy.jpg|thumb|right|Laura Bush talks with Raphael Lungo of Zambia as a part of her 2007 African trip.]]
[[Image:George W. Bush John Paul II funeral.jpg|thumb|right|Laura Bush with her husband and several other dignitaries from around the world at the [[funeral of Pope John Paul II]] ]]
During [[George W. Bush's second term as President of the United States|her husband's second term]], Bush was more involved in foreign matters. She traveled to numerous countries as a representative of the United States.

As First Lady, she took five goodwill trips to Africa.<ref>{{cite news|title=President and Mrs. Bush Discuss Africa Policy, Trip to Africa |date=February 14, 2008 |access-date=May 28, 2008 |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/02/20080214.html |archive-date=May 10, 2011 |url-status=live |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510154220/http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/02/20080214.html}}</ref> The purpose of these has mostly been to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and [[malaria]] as part of the [[President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief|Bush administration's initiative]] to address the global epidemics, but Bush has also stressed the need for education and greater opportunities for women.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2007/June/20070622165008mlenuhret0.4878351.html |title=HIV/AIDS, Malaria Focus of Laura Bush's Africa Trip |date=June 22, 2007 |access-date=May 28, 2008 |publisher=[[United States Department of State|America.gov]] |archive-date=June 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601094302/http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2007/June/20070622165008mlenuhret0.4878351.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> She has taken many other trips to other countries to promote and gain support for President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS relief;<ref name=haiti>{{cite news|title=First Lady Laura Bush Tours Haiti To Highlight U.S. HIV/AIDS Programs|access-date=May 28, 2008|url=http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/100788.php |work=[[Medical News Today]]|date=March 14, 2008|archive-date=June 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613115958/http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/100788.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> these countries include [[Zambia]] (2007),<ref>{{cite web|access-date=May 28, 2008 |url=https://photos.state.gov/galleries/usinfo-photo/39/First_Lady_Africa_07/7.html |title=African Health, Education Emphasis of Laura Bush Trip |publisher=America.gov |archive-date=December 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206004819/http://photos.state.gov/galleries/usinfo-photo/39/First_Lady_Africa_07/7.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Mozambique]] (2007),<ref>{{cite news|work=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-06-26-laura-bush-africa_N.htm|title=Laura Bush presses AIDS fight in Africa|access-date=May 28, 2008|agency=Associated Press|date=July 2007|archive-date=December 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206005047/http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-06-26-laura-bush-africa_N.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mali]] (2007),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11643606 |title=Ahead of First Lady's Visit, A School's Facelift |access-date=May 28, 2008 |date=July 1, 2007 |publisher=[[National Public Radio|NPR]] |author=Goss, Addie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229105402/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11643606 |archive-date=February 29, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Senegal]] (2007),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200706230037.html |access-date=May 28, 2008 |title=Africa: HIV/Aids, Malaria Focus of Laura Bush's Africa Trip |date=June 22, 2007 |author=Terhune, Lea |publisher=United States Department of State |website=[[AllAfrica.com]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071127030039/http://allafrica.com/stories/200706230037.html |archive-date=November 27, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Haiti]] (2008).<ref name=haiti/>

In mid-2007, she took a trip to [[Myanmar]] where she spoke out in support of the pro-democracy movement, and urged Burmese soldiers and militias to refrain from violence.<ref name=middleeast/> Later that October, she ventured to the Middle East. Bush said she was in the region in an attempt to improve America's image by highlighting concern for women's health, specifically promoting her breast cancer awareness work with the [[US-Middle East Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research]].<ref name=middleeast>{{cite news |access-date=May 28, 2008 |date=October 28, 2007 |last=Wolfson |first=Paula |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2007-10-28-voa11/405638.html |title=Laura Bush Defines Her Policy Role |publisher=VOA News |archive-date=January 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103124331/http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/a-13-2007-10-28-voa11.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=May 16, 2008 |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/05/20080516-19.html |title=Mrs. Bush's Remarks on the U.S.-Saudi Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research |place=[[King Fahd Medical City]], [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]] |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514222419/http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/05/20080516-19.html |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |url-status=live}}</ref> She defined the trip as successful, saying that [[stereotype]]s were broken on both sides.<ref name=middleeast/>

Overall, Bush traveled to 77 countries in the eight years of her husband's presidency, touring 67 of those during the second term.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2009/05/laura-bush-fills-in-the-blanks-022897|title=Laura Bush fills in the blanks |first=Nia-Malika|last=Henderson|date=May 23, 2009|work=Politico}}</ref>