President Bush waves to military personnel gathering for breakfast at Hickam Air Force Base. BRUCE ASATO I The Honolulu Advertiser   Two of three Honolulu Police Department motorcycles involved in this morning's crash alongside the Bush motorcade. BRUCE ASATO I The Honolulu Advertiser   Two police officers injured during this morning's escort duty are assisted by HPD officers and others. BRUCE ASATO I The Honolulu Advertiser

Adm. William Fallon, commander of U.S. military forces in the Pacific, introduced the president during a breakfast at Hickam's officers club, calling him a "great American." Addressing the service personnel representing the Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy and Coast Guard, Bush said:

"Laura and I are honored to be with you. We're honored to say thanks on behalf of a grateful nation, and I'm pleased to tell you that the work you are doing will lead to peace for generations to come."

Bush also commented on the shooting death of Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel, an anti-Syrian politician, who died today in an ambush in Beirut, raising tensions in the politically divided nation.

"We strongly condemn the assassination in Lebanon of Pierre Gemayel. We support the Saniora government and its democracy, and we support the Lebanese people's desire to live in peace, and we support their efforts to defend their democracy against attempts by Syria, Iran and allies to foment instability and violence in that important country," Bush said.

Lebanese television showed pictures of the windows of Gemayel's silver sedan riddled with bullets. Al-Arabiya television reported that three gunmen in a four-wheel drive attacked his motorcade at about 3:30 p.m. Beirut time. Gemayel, 34, was driving the car in the northern Christian neighborhood of Jdeideh, when one of the gunmen shot him at point-blank range.

Shortly before this morning's breakfast at Hickam, three Honolulu Police Department motorcycle officers escorting the president and first lady to the officers club crashed alongside the motorcade at about 7:10 a.m on the base entry road.

City Emergency Services transported two of the officers to The Queen's Medical Center — a 30 year-old officer reported to be in serious condition, and a 36-year-old officer in stable condition. Hickam emergency medical services personnel transported a third individual to the medical center.

The president and first lady spent the night in distinguished visitor quarters at the Makalapa headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Their motorcade left Makalapa headquarters at 7:03 this morning and headed for the Hickam officers club for breakfast with troops selected from across the services. The president greeted the diners as he ate biscuits-and-gravy and potatoes, and the first lady ate eggs and a biscuit.

Bush's 16-hour stay on O'ahu wraps up this morning. After breakfast, Bush was scheduled to receive an in-depth briefing at U.S. Pacific Command headquarters at Camp Smith. The first lady was scheduled to meet this morning with military families at Camp Smith.

Air Force One is scheduled to leave Hickam at 9:20 a.m. Bush touched down at Hickam at 5:25 p.m. yesterday, after a 12-hour flight from Indonesia, the last stop on his six-day Southeast Asia visit.

The president last visited Hawai'i in October 2003, when he attended ceremonies at the USS Arizona Memorial and the battleship Missouri and visited Pearl Harbor Elementary School.