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(1 Feb 2006)
1. Various shots of US President George W. Bush walking in before speech
2. Various shots of President Bush at podium
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. Here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world. The best way to break this addiction is through technology. Since 2001, we have spent nearly 10 billion dollars to develop cleaner, cheaper, more reliable alternative energy sources - and we are on the threshold of incredible advances. So tonight, I announce the Advanced Energy Initiative - a 22-percent increase in clean-energy research at the Department of Energy, to push for breakthroughs in two vital areas. To change how we power our homes and offices, we will invest more in zero-emission coal-fired plants; revolutionary solar and wind technologies; and clean, safe nuclear energy."
4. Cutaway
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"We must also change how we power our automobiles. We will increase our research in better batteries for hybrid and electric cars, and in pollution-free cars that run on hydrogen."
6. Various cutaways
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"I have authorised a terrorist surveillance program to aggressively pursue the international communications of suspected al-Qaida operatives and affiliates to and from America. Previous presidents have used the same constitutional authority I have - and Federal courts have approved the use of that authority. Appropriate Members of Congress have been kept informed. This terrorist surveillance program has helped prevent terrorist attacks. It remains essential to the security of America. If there are people inside our country who are talking with al-Qaida, we want to know about it - because we will not sit back and wait to be hit again."
8. Cutaway
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"A hopeful society has institutions of science and medicine that do not cut ethical corners, and that recognise the matchless value of every life. Tonight I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit the most egregious abuses of medical research; human cloning in all its forms, creating or implanting embryos for experiments, creating human-animal hybrids, and buying, selling, or patenting human embryos. Human life is a gift from our creator, and that gift should never be discarded, devalued, or put up for sale."
10. Various shots of President Bush after his speech ends
STORYLINE:
A politically weakened President George W. Bush addressed his constituency on Tuesday night.
With Congress facing midterm elections in November, there was a partisan mood in the chamber, with minority Democrats cheering when Bush noted that Congress did not act on his main proposal in last year's speech, overhauling the Social Security pension system.
Bush declared that the "the state of our union is strong" despite Americans' anxieties about the war in Iraq, the economy, and rising energy prices which throwing a cloud over the economy and pinching Americans' pocketbooks.
Facing budget deficits that may approach or exceed $400 billion (euro330 billion) this year, Bush had no room for expensive initiatives, like last year's Social Security plan.
Bush said the United States needed to strengthen its competitiveness in the global economy.
Three years from leaving office, Bush went before the nation as a politically weakened president after the toughest year of his administration.
The Senate was expected to follow before the deadline.
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