He's Engaged

Washington Post: If It's Not About Shut-Ins, the President Is Otherwise Engaged. "The administration has found it useful to provide such reminders, at regular intervals, that the president is paying attention to the issues of the day. International environmental concerns? 'The president has already been very engaged in these issues and plans to be engaged,' Paula Dobriansky, undersecretary of state for global affairs, said in August. The India-Pakistan standoff? 'The president is fully engaged,' White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said in June. The review of military resources? 'The president has been engaged,' Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld attested last year. The China spy plane crisis? 'He has been very engaged,' said a senior Bush aide, briefing reporters. This president, it would seem, has been engaged more often than Elizabeth Taylor."