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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2006
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Play CBS Video Video Will Bush Achieve His Goals? A day after his State of the Union address, President Bush will be making stump speeches to push the ideas he proposed. However, as Aleen Sirgany reports, his proposals may not become reality.
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Video Bush's State Of The Union Only On The Web: In a midterm election year, President Bush's State of the Union speech underlined proposals he wants to push through before 2008. Bill Plante reports.
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Video All About Leadership In the face of low job approval numbers, President Bush used his State of the Union address to try to show Americans that he is still ready to lead, John Roberts reports.
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President Bush gives his fifth State of the Union speech Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Behind Bush is Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and Vice President Dick Cheney, left. (AP)
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President Bush shakes hand with Secretay of State Condoleezza Rice, left, as he arrives to give his fifth State of the Union speech Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006. (AP)
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People gather at Marble Collegiate Church to watch President Bush's State of the Union address Tuesday, Jan.31, 2006, in New York. (AP)
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President Bush reads over a draft of his State of the Union speech in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday morning, Jan. 31, 2006. (White House photo by Eric Draper)
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President Bush delivers the State of the Union to a joint session of Congress while Vice President Dick Cheney, left, and House Speaker Dennis Hastert, right, watch. (CBS/AP)
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Interactive 2006 State of the Union President Bush lays out his election-year agenda to the nation, Congress, VIPs and invited guests.
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In The Spotlight President Bush Video Coverage: Bob Schieffer sat down for an exclusive interview with President Bush -- his only television interview prior to the State of the Union message
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Interactive Bush Presidency The president's agenda, plus facts, figures, major events and key personalities.
Mr. Bush rejected calls for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, saying, "There is no peace in retreat.'' He also slapped at those who complain he took the country to war on the erroneous grounds that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.
"Hindsight alone is not wisdom," Mr. Bush said. "And second-guessing is not a strategy."
Mr. Bush asked Americans to support his fight for freedom abroad and against terrorism at home, saying, "our enemies and our friends can be certain: the United States will not retreat from the world, and we will never surrender to evil."
Administrations officials told CBS News chief White House correspondent John Roberts that the president has said the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are "tattooed on his brain" and that he will never forget it. Mr. Bush promised not just to continue the hunt for terrorists, but, if anything, to intensify it, Roberts reports.
"Our nation has only one option," Mr. Bush said. "We must keep our word, defeat our enemies and stand behind the American military in this vital mission."
Mr. Bush told the citizens of Iran that America respects them, but he again denounced the nuclear ambitions of their leaders.
"The nations of the world must not permit the Iranian regime to gain nuclear weapons."
The president called on Congress to renew the Patriot Act and again defended eavesdropping on conversations to and from overseas. But he also painted a picture of a nation grown more hopeful, a vision not shared by Democrats.
"Our federal government should serve the American people," said Gov. Tim Kaine of Virginia in the Democratic response. "But that mission is frustrated by this administration's poor choices and bad management."
Kaine said the answer is change. "Democrats are leading that reform effort," he said, "working to restore honesty and openness to our government, working to replace a culture of partisanship and cronyism with an ethic of service and results."
A CBS News poll found that viewers liked what the president had to say. Of those who watched, 77 percent said they approved of the proposals that the president laid out.
But most do not have faith that the president can get the job done.
Just 32 percent believe that he'll be able to accomplish all the goals set out in his speech.
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