It's official: Citing Gustav, both Bush, Cheney to skip GOP convention

President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney will skip the Republican National Convention to focus on Hurricane Gustav approaching the Gulf Coast, it was announced this morning.

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters that neither official would attend the GOP convention in St. Paul, Minn. Laura Bush is still planning to go, Perino said.

For more, read the full L.A. Times story on Bush and the hurricane here.

— James Gerstenzang and Michael Muskal