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Gov. Rick Perry attended the Border Governors Conference this week in California, where he addressed issues like border security, economic development, and agriculture with governors from Arizona, New Mexico, and California, as well as governors from the Mexican states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, and Tamualipas.

The goal of the Border Governors Conference is to improve security and economic prosperity in the states along the world's busiest international border, representing 90 million inhabitants.

See more photos from the conference.

Recently, Governor Perry has taken to the airwaves to promote Texas. In on-air conversations with well-known hosts like Roger Hedgecock, Sean Hannity, Mark Davis, Neal Boortz and others, Gov. Perry has told the story of our state’s strong track record of job creation, hurricane preparedness and the tough line conservative Texans draw on crime.

To hear audio of these events, please visit these links:

Neal Boortz Audio
Mark Davis Audio

Governor Perry will be in Atlanta, Georgia on August 7th to sign copies of his book, "On My Honor". The Governor will be at Borders on Peachtree Road at 7:30 p.m. Below is information on this public book signing.

Gov. Rick Perry was interviewed live on FOX after he delivered the keynote address at the E3 Media and Business Summit in Los Angeles. Sponsored by the Entertainment Software Association, E3 is a worldwide conference and exposition for the entertainment software industry.

Watch the video of the interview here, where Governor Perry makes the case for entertainment software companies to move to Texas. Governor Perry also explains what makes Houston better than New York!

Governor Perry was proud to announce today that CNBC, the financial news network, has ranked Texas as the number one state to do business for 2008.

Several factors contributed to the Lone Star State's number one ranking. CNBC ranked Texas #1 among all other states for its economy. Over the last twelve months, our state has added 262,000 new jobs. Texas has created 1,210,000 net new jobs since 2003, - more than any other state in the nation! More on this can be found in the latest edition of Perry Notes.

While you're at Convention, be sure and stop by the Perry Pavilion, near the entrance to Hall D. The Governor will be here this afternoon for photos, signings of his book, or if you would just like to shake his hand and say hello.

Below are some pictures so far from the activity at the booth.

Below are excerpts from the Governor's speech he gave to the convention yesterday. Also included are some pictures.