Bush's State of the Union Address Term Paper

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unseen terrorism and at the brink of a possible war with Iraq many Americans sat with baited breath waiting for the State of the Union Address from President Bush on January 28 of 2003. President Bush addressed several issues that were at least personally surprising to hear. The three domestic proposals that I found intriguing were the compassionate address of drug addiction treatment programs, hydrogen car research initiative and the health care reform proposals followed by the urging of the congress to accept legislation that would outlaw human cloning. The three foreign proposals that struck interest in me include the African Caribbean AIDS allocations, the clear and spoken association between the two rival factions of Al'Qeada and Saddam Hussein and continued diplomatic attempts to disarm North Korea.

The historical focus of the war on illegal drugs has been for some time just that a war on drugs. Bush raised eyebrows and possibly impressed many people with his indication of concern and knowledge about the devastating outcomes of use and dependence on illegal drugs by addicts. Focusing on legislation that will allocate several hundred million dollars toward the problem associated with the personal fallout of drug addiction is a very surprising policy change in a time when the media blitz and popular talk have been much more about the financial boon that terrorism gleans from the illegal drug trade.

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It will be interesting to see if the historical popular beliefs can be refocused

Alternative fuel automobiles have been in the scientific minds eye for nearly 50 years and yet the financial focus of industry and government on not alternative fuels but fossil fuel run cars and trucks has been almost universal. The funding for research associated with hydrogen fuel run cars and even economically sound and practical fully electric cars has been derailed on more than one occasion by a simple lack of funds for research. If tomorrow's driving generation can refocus their ideas of what a car is and if funding holds out it will be impressive.

It was also surprising to hear the Bush outline for the reformation of medical systems to ensure continued and improved access to superior United States medical technology and systems the surprise is not in the focus on medical….....

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