President Bush gets personal about his views on education, abortion,
the economy and addresses the concerns of an ‘important audience.’
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fdthns ftvtn \ I h« N ilionul ( «*!’ Maj^.mnr
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hi a 20 minute trlrphimr mtrrnru' from the Whit*
/ lou sr. Hush <ubiie\ \ni the uturrmuf wheit hr tails "<t
jy'M wtfmit/iut audtrtii • / hr folhnt’trif* <nr r\irrftts
hum t hi it turn mention
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gnmth .it Ik-m hut nrvrtthrl* '' thru- .nr liw
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on pi r«lu lions hut I I h lirM th.it t ri (.tilth tirxt
t .time in \r.u I*' unu Ik ttiui h nu *u ml him « »ii
iKn i tin unit * * i * lUth
vw should I* ijr!hni» » irdit ittsir id o| < till* i>tn
!«»i i dm aiion tundm^ U11H4 Mihstantialh tughri
II.iviiu; said that. hi the loiiv; i lilt the iliswr i is
to hr itirraSH irvututitHu/ifig tun K to i|
ediu atHHI sWrin IH »f • »Uf » * »ll< y;r s\Mem. Vvhl< h
i\ uttutue and the hrst I think in the entile
world IVojilr si ill i of m f|. h kli'. ;v to the' l tilled
Stairs ho giaftnalr desires, hul l think we ve
to do moir m h duoiti*h I .* iiid that *» wh\ wr
about getting a fob irhrii
thr \ graduate VI ha!,
dun fig your vv irtui Imn, do
\au plan to do to imfnov,
\tudmts' (hutut\ of getting
a fob when (hr^ gradttalr
and truth suit that ndltgt
tmrstmrtit will pay off 7
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plat < the r< i>t»t»i11v has
been misnable. but m
11in ». »rw H s j m »im ( | lot a
strong ic < oNt iA 1 < i me
just i In k i »!l iii Mlplt • >1
things tli.»l I talk alxnil
I he M hi"i \ 1 niic s in
ilimil to Ml S jkic rut
used t«» Ih J I lc*t s se t
ahotit Mtt» I hat s
mll.ition and tin
(-1111>!« »n tnrni, v * tht*\ n
irlatiwls good
i nil) paled 11» h hat it s
lwen Inllatn»u is d«»wn
t<> about V pt 11 rni
the* lowest in ages
Inletcsi i tit s ait d«mn
and unetiiph»\me nt is
si d I I ai too liigh IVnt
the* s11.»i f «d working
age poptdation with
I o h s dniing m\
admimsi i at ion is
blnalb aveiage t»J J
[|k*i« rut | whit h is the
highrst in l S hisi<>i\
and I nlr tins lx< ause
all w< heat alx >ut is In »w
Kid the rt i >n» *m\ is
And in im \iew
vs i (h intnrst lairs
down, inflation clown,
tile* Hull and the fat
w • n ke el out ol t he
c ot poratioiis noh I
“I'm not saying everything is perfect. I
am saying that we should he getting
credit instead of criticism lor education
funding being substantially higher."
haw ilm mogfam
\uiri H *i
O Sprakiuii of th* K
through 12 program,
should fund
tlud* nt ftiut filioti at
jut hlu i ul Is g? s and
nan ffutits m the \am?
.atw a% h (hi-‘ugh 12
to fml thrm on a Uvrl
pUtSing jifld*
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out hisiniv iml i
lion i hrlirvr (li.it the
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;j c\ vi \ ImmIn s rdtn i
tit>li ,il lilt* Ini'll Irvri
\imI I 111111 k l lit 11
might lt» hr
t ottmr til mil in
ctitu ation |iist like
t hr i r is m pi i\ alt
st t It»i wink aiiiI I
ilit i Hi n r t iiink that
pi isalt t«dlrgrs ha\r a
pi.ti r. puhln uilivri
Mlirs haw .» piat« hut
I tit >ii t f k lirw that lilt
gm rr miirnl lias
rnough 11 s*mu rs I«»
gnat antrr v\ v \ \ inid\
vs ill haw [a t ollrgr |
rtliit atu»n paid \\ hat
\sr ait titmig is tli*i11
lai in-lit t in in ms *»i
IYII giants ami
think wi ir poised for .1 \rn strong inou tA,
whit h i>flris a I«n “I hojK . [Mint triall\ to college
grads \nil ihe HMviti I sa\ jiaitii uLiiK is most
.ik* bring rdu* ated foi ihr future* Most
understand tfi.tt the* umiso should }>n*|».*n us
to Ih thr most (oinjK-liliw nation hi ihr woild
Wr air aliraih thr hugest r\|joitri thriein lirs
thr fug mu ( ( 'is and thr big job growth
( »|»|m »i tin ill \ So. onr. things ha\r l»ern U *» sli »w
hut 1 would sa\ that this global rronoim. whit h
has Im rn m trt rssion, is < hanging Wr vr had
ti\r t oiisri utivr c|iiaitris t»l giowth and as that
gtowth bee ornes uioir vigorous thr job market
will hr niiirh motr robust So t**ll mi not to
dt span and thr education, ol ionise*, is thr kr\
to onr sr« ononiu lutuir
() So 1/ / was to tell them not to despair Mr
President, when do you think that wage turn will
hafrfrrn 7 I mean I know you don l tune a crystal hull
for pterlu ting those types of things, hut 1/ bated on the*
indicators and hosed on rising growth, that kind of
thing, when do \*ni think we re gonna make the turn 7
() \\ hut \f*< ifu fdutis "i */<» v'u /ime /<»>
htgfirr Mutt Mum and M\ funding during \*>ut \rttmd
trim T
\ Well. let me viv I lake great pnde in Ok* t.u I
(hill oui funding ini<t<*v. tm example. the IVII
giants is suhstantialh up Now m«»M |k ople vt\
Wli\ have you c ill finulint; f• > higher ediit tin *tr
\iu! I he .UKWri in that we have gotten it at tin
highest level n n Ik en at 1 dun t have the* exai t
figuies. hut the mi iravs in tin maximum IVII
giant awards lot I«* vs ami middle itn ome
students went from 51?, l‘Mi to$ • Tun the- largest
one* veal iiu least in historv I don t think the
\metitan |>eop|r know th.it It n tint We ve
expanded the ehgihilitv h»i IVII giants to less
•han half tune students lot promoting lift long
learning It s im \iew that some who ait in the
wolk plat e ought la have at t evs It* these kinds of
giants \nd we te allowing almost all lamilies
and students ttMjualih lot a student loan So I m
not saving eveivtlnng is |jei1e< t I am saving that
(J \/f I'rr'.tii/'t ;t, tin ritiifi r,trurfil is kr'i ■ .•mnti
i irwng udls^r stuiimts
\ < >|l. Ill 1 k \f%
(> What Ktmtfu fnnjM \.d\ ngntu (tfni ihnngrs <A
\<m fthm on making m tnms njrm’tfnuthtnial pain’s to
snut srmnit tnrn ami hmi tiers that Trials h>. Ut \ w/v
tin \n> Witrki (hiln that \ou \ * euthutd n\ urU*
\ VWH. ill tlie IllHl |»l.n v vst .tit fill global
Ir.idci mi i In* rnvironnwnt li »' tin* I miff I
Si.lit > |«» whom r\n\l>»»d\ l« m »ks I« »i iht Minur
ih.tl i> absoluirh rssrntial t«n sound
t n\iinnmt ni.il |min \ \ rn tandidh. "<• have
dour f.u more than anv admmisti aliott on
W1 Idt'l1 )t *vs |o| r\.»m|>l< \\r ||.t\r tl*»ilt* molt mi
ihr I l*\ t'lilt»rt mg rxisting t iiMinnmtm.il lav*
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