Bush to focus on Iraq war, economy, trade in remarks to cattlemen

[maddezmom]

Source: CNN

Bush to focus on Iraq war, economy, trade in remarks to cattlemen
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush on Wednesday will address members of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, where he will talk about the economy and Iraq, including recent congressional votes on deadlines for troop withdrawals, administration officials familiar with his remarks told CNN.

The speech is scheduled to start at 10:05 a.m. ET

Bush also will "give an update with a few new data points about the Baghdad Security Plan" being led by Gen. David Petraeus, one official said.

The president also will discuss economic and trade issues, including keeping taxes low, passing a farm bill and opening new markets for American exports like beef.

The White House released excerpts of Bush's remarks Wednesday morning that deal with the emergency supplemental budget request to support troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"The bottom line is this: the House and Senate bills have too much pork, too many conditions on our commanders, and an artificial timetable for withdrawal. As I have made clear for weeks, if either version comes to my desk, I will veto it.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/03/28/wednesday/index.html

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Dems: Bush must accept Iraq timetable By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 40 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats are showing no signs of backing down on their rebuke of the Iraq war, insisting President Bush will have to accept some sort of legislative timetable in exchange for the billions of dollars needed to fund the war.

"We would hope that the president understands how serious we are," said Majority Leader Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record), D-Nev., after the Senate voted to uphold a proposal in a war spending bill calling for the troop withdrawal.

With the Senate resuming debate on the $122 billion bill Wednesday, President Bush reminded lawmakers their move will not prompt him to negotiate, but to veto any funding legislation that includes a deadline for withdrawal.

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But Reid and other Democrats say they won't back down.

"Rather than making all the threats that he has, let's work with him and see if he can give us some ideas how we can satisfy the wishes of a majority of the Senate, the majority of the House and move forward," Reid said.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070328/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq

[rodeodance]

Bush is going on his Whinning tour again.

[maddezmom]

5. first he's going to talk about beef

then he's going to talk about the other white meat...pork. :D Guess he found the best audience he could find.

[rodeodance]

1. Bush is going on his Whinning tour again.

[AnneD]

2. Most cattle men and ranchers want to know...

why the governments policies are screwing them and why can't all cattle be tested for mad cow disease-esp the latter. One more confirmed case of mad cow, esp if it gets into the food chain, will kill the industry. At least that's what I here.

[grytpype]

3. What's next, a speech before the Oil Executives for Bush?

They are pretty strict about finding friendly audiences for Bush to address!

[goose4739]

4. Exactly! Safe audiences for monkey boy

But why is he talking to them about Iraq? Are they sending cows now that the "coalition of the willing" has almost completely crumbled?

[Robbien]

6. Bush will sign the bill. This whining is just theater for the masses.

DC wanted this bill.
DC got the bill they wanted.