Bush Readies State of the Union Speech

President Bush’s State of the Union address on Tuesday gives him a second chance to defend his new Iraq strategy to a nation soured on the war and a Congress poised to vote against the plan.

“President Bush will discuss his determination to defeat the terrorists who are part of a broader extremist movement that is now doing everything it can to defeat us in Iraq,” White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino said.

“If the extremists prevail in Iraq, the American people will be less safe and our enemies will be emboldened and more lethal,” Perino said.

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