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White House View of State of the Union
Aired January 29, 2003 - 06:46 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Want to talk much more about the president's State of the Union address.
Let's go live to Suzanne Malveaux who's at the White House.
Good morning -- Suzanne.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
President Bush is going to be taking that agenda on the road today to the American people when he travels to Grand Rapids, Michigan later in the morning. But President Bush giving one of the most important speeches of his presidency, outlining his international and domestic agendas.
Some of the highlights, the first part of that speech talking about the plan. This is a $674 billion economic stimulus package calling for tax cuts as well as small business incentives. Also, the president asking for Congress to approve some $400 billion over the next 10 years for reforming Medicare and also providing prescription drug coverage for elderly.
In the second half he focused on Iraq, on international developments as well, outlining the case against Saddam Hussein, the sense of urgency why the United States must confront him and force him to disarm, perhaps even using military action. The president, among other things, arguing that Saddam Hussein has a connection to terrorist groups, including a link to al Qaeda, and the president promised more evidence in the weeks to come from Secretary of State Colin Powell outlining intelligence against Saddam Hussein.
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GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The dictator of Iraq is not disarming. To the contrary, he is deceiving. From intelligence sources we know, for instance, that thousands of Iraqi security personnel are at work hiding documents and materials from the U.N. inspectors, sanitizing inspection sites and monitoring the inspectors themselves.
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MALVEAUX: And, Carol, we've also learned that Secretary of State Colin Powell is going to go before the U.N. Security Council February 5 to make that case, to introduce that intelligence, hoping to rally world support behind the administration in dealing with Saddam Hussein -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right. Suzanne Malveaux reporting live from the White House this morning.
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Aired January 29, 2003 - 06:46 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Want to talk much more about the president's State of the Union address.
Let's go live to Suzanne Malveaux who's at the White House.
Good morning -- Suzanne.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
President Bush is going to be taking that agenda on the road today to the American people when he travels to Grand Rapids, Michigan later in the morning. But President Bush giving one of the most important speeches of his presidency, outlining his international and domestic agendas.
Some of the highlights, the first part of that speech talking about the plan. This is a $674 billion economic stimulus package calling for tax cuts as well as small business incentives. Also, the president asking for Congress to approve some $400 billion over the next 10 years for reforming Medicare and also providing prescription drug coverage for elderly.
In the second half he focused on Iraq, on international developments as well, outlining the case against Saddam Hussein, the sense of urgency why the United States must confront him and force him to disarm, perhaps even using military action. The president, among other things, arguing that Saddam Hussein has a connection to terrorist groups, including a link to al Qaeda, and the president promised more evidence in the weeks to come from Secretary of State Colin Powell outlining intelligence against Saddam Hussein.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The dictator of Iraq is not disarming. To the contrary, he is deceiving. From intelligence sources we know, for instance, that thousands of Iraqi security personnel are at work hiding documents and materials from the U.N. inspectors, sanitizing inspection sites and monitoring the inspectors themselves.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MALVEAUX: And, Carol, we've also learned that Secretary of State Colin Powell is going to go before the U.N. Security Council February 5 to make that case, to introduce that intelligence, hoping to rally world support behind the administration in dealing with Saddam Hussein -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right. Suzanne Malveaux reporting live from the White House this morning.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
