After 8 pages of notes, the Presidents speech was just under 50 minutes. Prior to the start the President was asked "ready to go?" by Nancy Pelosi his response "let's do this."
He opened the speech with an anecdote reference to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's father and said it his "distinct honor to be the first President to say Madame Speaker" and he expressed his congratulations to her and new "the Democratic majority." He continued by saying "we are all held to the same standards," and that bipartisanship is clearly important.
The meat and potatoes of the speech concentrated half on domestic policy and half on the War on Terror, his foreign policy. In his Domestic agenda the President neglected to mention the situation in the Gulf Coast.
He stressed the growing economy in America. Saying inflation and unemployment are down, while wages are up. He wants Congress to keep the economy growing and set his economic priorities. His economic goals are to balance the federal budget without raising taxes. He asked Congress to cut the deficit in half 3 years prior to the current goal of 2009. He also touched upon the issue of earmarks which are added to bills "when not even CSPAN is watching." The President ask to expose them and cut them in half by the end of this session of Congress. Lastly he asked Congress to fix Medicare and Medicaid and finally save Social Security.
He touch on the "No Child Left Behind Act," and asked Congress to reauthorize the law. He also discussed the need for more affordable and available health care.
He then discussed immigration and said we must "resolve the status of illegal immigrant with out animosity or amnesty." He conceded to establish a temporary worker program, which allow immigrants to come and work in the United State as well would allow the newly expanded Border Patrol to chase down criminals, drug smugglers, and terrorist.
Before he touched on the War on Terror, he discussed the U.S. Energy Policy. He asked to reduce Americas use of oil by 20% over the next 10 years. As well said that it would cut Middle Eastern fuel imports by 3/4. He closed by asking for Congress to double the capacity of the strategic petroleum reserve.
"To win the war on terror, we must take the fight to the enemy." He said that every time we overturn a terrorist plot "is a reminder of how hard working the enemy is." The strategy has changed in Iraq and our troops are no longer barred from doing their job but have the "orders to find the terrorist and clear them out," with no resistance from the Iraqi government. It is time for the Iraqi government to act and they know our commitment is not open ended. The government of Iraq must help Iraqi's return to their normal daily lives.
He defended his strategy by saying "it provides the best chance for success" and asked Congress and the American people "to give this strategy a chance to work." Bush also conceded that "this is not the fight we entered, but it is the fight we are in."
He closed the section on the War on Terror by saying "Nothing is more important than to succeed in the Middle East and to succeed in Iraq."
His speech touched on the United Nations sanction on Iran, and said the world cannot allow the government in Tehran to acquire nuclear weapons. He also discussed in little detail the nuclear problem in Korea. The President said that America continues to "awaken the world, to save the people in Darfur." He asked Congress to continue the fight on HIV/AIDs, especiall on the continent of Africa.
He opened the speech with an anecdote reference to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's father and said it his "distinct honor to be the first President to say Madame Speaker" and he expressed his congratulations to her and new "the Democratic majority." He continued by saying "we are all held to the same standards," and that bipartisanship is clearly important.
The meat and potatoes of the speech concentrated half on domestic policy and half on the War on Terror, his foreign policy. In his Domestic agenda the President neglected to mention the situation in the Gulf Coast.
He stressed the growing economy in America. Saying inflation and unemployment are down, while wages are up. He wants Congress to keep the economy growing and set his economic priorities. His economic goals are to balance the federal budget without raising taxes. He asked Congress to cut the deficit in half 3 years prior to the current goal of 2009. He also touched upon the issue of earmarks which are added to bills "when not even CSPAN is watching." The President ask to expose them and cut them in half by the end of this session of Congress. Lastly he asked Congress to fix Medicare and Medicaid and finally save Social Security.
He touch on the "No Child Left Behind Act," and asked Congress to reauthorize the law. He also discussed the need for more affordable and available health care.
He then discussed immigration and said we must "resolve the status of illegal immigrant with out animosity or amnesty." He conceded to establish a temporary worker program, which allow immigrants to come and work in the United State as well would allow the newly expanded Border Patrol to chase down criminals, drug smugglers, and terrorist.
Before he touched on the War on Terror, he discussed the U.S. Energy Policy. He asked to reduce Americas use of oil by 20% over the next 10 years. As well said that it would cut Middle Eastern fuel imports by 3/4. He closed by asking for Congress to double the capacity of the strategic petroleum reserve.
"To win the war on terror, we must take the fight to the enemy." He said that every time we overturn a terrorist plot "is a reminder of how hard working the enemy is." The strategy has changed in Iraq and our troops are no longer barred from doing their job but have the "orders to find the terrorist and clear them out," with no resistance from the Iraqi government. It is time for the Iraqi government to act and they know our commitment is not open ended. The government of Iraq must help Iraqi's return to their normal daily lives.
He defended his strategy by saying "it provides the best chance for success" and asked Congress and the American people "to give this strategy a chance to work." Bush also conceded that "this is not the fight we entered, but it is the fight we are in."
He closed the section on the War on Terror by saying "Nothing is more important than to succeed in the Middle East and to succeed in Iraq."
His speech touched on the United Nations sanction on Iran, and said the world cannot allow the government in Tehran to acquire nuclear weapons. He also discussed in little detail the nuclear problem in Korea. The President said that America continues to "awaken the world, to save the people in Darfur." He asked Congress to continue the fight on HIV/AIDs, especiall on the continent of Africa.
The speech ended with:
"The State of our union is strong, our cause is strong and,
tonight our cause goes on"
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