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President George W. Bush receives applause while delivering the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007
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23 January 2007
THE U.S. EMBASSY TO THE HOLY SEE
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PRESIDENT BUSH’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS 2007
On January 23, President Bush delivered his State of the Union address in Washington, D.C. This year’s address focused on the importance of finding renewable energy resources, the challenges of controlling immigration, and the ongoing fight against HIV/AIDS.
On immigration, the President stressed the need for “laws that are fair and borders that are secure” in America. A temporary worker program is one of the means proposed to take pressure off the border and to cut back on illegal entry into the United States. Ambassador Rooney supports these efforts and wishes to uphold “the great tradition of the melting pot that welcomes and assimilates new arrivals” in our country.
Further, The President called on the American people to embrace new technologies in order to decrease the country’s dependency on oil, and to diversify our energy supply. Solar and wind power are two examples of clean power resources that can be more widely employed in the United States. Hybrid and plug-in vehicles are yet another way to cut fossil fuel use and to reduce emissions causing damage to the environment.
Three years into a five-year plan, the PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) initiative, more than 800,000 people are now receiving life-saving drugs. President Bush has asked to further PEPFAR’s reach by requesting $1.5 billion over five years to combat Malaria in fifteen African countries. There is a high infection rate of malaria within the population already infected with HIV/AIDS, who are too weak to fight it.
The State of the Union Address 2007 (White House webpage)
