Photographing the G.W. Bush presidency

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As chief White House photographer, Eric Draper spent nearly every day for eight years photographing George W. Bush. He took close to one million pictures during his time with the president, many of which are featured in a new book "Front Row Seat: A Photographic Portrait of the Presidency of George W. Bush."

Read on to see selections from the book, as well as news photographs from Draper's time in the White House.

In this photo, President Bush is joined on the Oval Office couch by Miss Beazley, Washington, D.C., Oct. 20, 2006.

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With Barney on his lap, the president takes guests on a driving tour of Prairie Chapel Ranch, Crawford, Texas, Aug. 7, 2001.

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Standing on top of a crumpled fire truck with retired New York City firefighter Bob Beckwith, the president rallies firefighters and rescue workers during an impromptu speech at the site of the collapsed World Trade Center towers. "I can hear you," President Bush said. "The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear from all of us soon," Sept. 14, 2001.

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President Bush walks across the Colonnade to the Oval Office while taking a break between phone calls to world leaders, Washington D.C., Feb. 15, 2002.

The president watches live television coverage of the collapse of the World Trade Center's South Tower from his Air Force One office, Sept. 11, 2001.

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Barney joins his master on the running track of the South Lawn after a morning jog, April 10, 2001.

The president bears witness to brush clearing as he takes a break from trail work, Crawford, Texas, Aug. 16, 2007.

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President Bush talks on the telephone as senior staff huddle in conference aboard Air Force One, Sept. 11, 2001.

Followed closely by his dog Spot, the president walks along the South Lawn. In an address to the nation that evening, President Bush announced the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom, March 19, 2003.

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President Bush rehearses a speech as he works with staff in the conference room of Air Force One en route to Krakow, Poland, May 30, 2003.

President Bush is deep in thought as he sits in the Oval Office at the Resolute desk, with Barney at the window and Spot close by, Sept. 17, 2002.

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The president greets crew members after landing aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln off the coast of San Diego, May 1, 2003.

President Bush talks with Vice President Cheney in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, Washington, D.C., Sept. 11, 2001.

The cover of "Front Row Seat: A Photographic Portrait of the Presidency of George W. Bush," published by the University of Texas press.

President George W. Bush meets with Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld outside the Oval Office shortly after Mr. Bush authorized Operation Iraqi Freedom March 19, 2003, at the White House in Washington.

President George W. Bush receives a briefing from National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, left, and CIA Director George Tenet at the presidential retreat at Camp David, Md., April 7, 2001.

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President George W. Bush rides in the cockpit of Air Force One on the final approach before landing in Baghdad, Iraq, June 13, 2006. Bush met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and U.S. troops while on his surprise visit to the region.

U.S. President George W. Bush visits with military personnel after attending an Easter service at the Evergreen Chapel in Camp David, Md., April 16, 2006.

Former president George H.W. Bush (L) and President George W. Bush (R) watch as Russia's President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) holds up his catch, with the help of fishing guide Billy Bush during a morning outing at Walker's Point in Kennebunkport, Maine.

U.S. President George W. Bush visits with U.S. Specialist Fernando Aguilar of Tucson at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Dec. 22, 2008.

President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark ride bikes together at the Bush Ranch Feb. 29, 2008 in Crawford, Texas.

President George W. Bush holds a morning discussion about the latest developments in China with National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice in the Oval Office of the White House, April 11, 2001.

President George W. Bush prepares for his State of the Union Speech with Karen Hughes, Counselor to the President, and Michael Gerson, Director of Presidential Speech Writing, outside the Oval Office in Washington D.C., Jan. 29, 2002.