President venerates soldiers
MESA, Ariz. — President Bush
promised World War II veterans a
Washington memorial that “will
stand for the ages” and paid Memorial
Day tribute to America’s fallen sol
diers before embarking on a three-day
West Coast swing to try to ease his po
litical problems in California.
Electricity shortages in the nation’s
most populous state have pitted the
Republican president against Democ
ratic Gov. Gray Davis in a high-stakes
game of blame shifting. Advisers for
both men prepared for a Tuesday
a
Arriving in Los Angeles, Bush was
greeted by a delegation of GOP elected
officials including Secretary of State
Bill Jones, the only Republican to
hold statewide office. Los Angeles
Mayor Richard Riordan gave Bush a
cowboy hat, which he donned and
then placed over his heart
For most of the day, however, Bush
focused on U.S. veterans — and the
solemn ceremonies in two states hon
oring those who never returned from
America’s wars.
“Their losses can be marked, but
not measured,” Bush said at the tradi
meeting, when Davis plans to stage
showdown over energy price caps.
tional Memorial Day ceremonies at
Arlington National Cemetery. “We
can never measure the full value of
what was gained in their sacrifice. ”
Bush also laid a wreath at the Tomb
of the Unknowns.
Later he traveled to Mesa, Ariz., to
pay tribute to veterans at the Cham
plin Fighter Aircraft Museum. He
asked the crowd to observe a nation
wide moment of silence at 3 p.m. Ari
zona time.
“Any foe who might challenge our
national resolve will be repeating the
grave error of defeated adversaries,”
the president said. ‘Because this na
tion loves peace, we do not take it for
granted.”
He was accompanied by Veterans
Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi
and Rep. J.D. Hayworth, R-Ariz., but
not one of the nation’s best-known
veterans: Republican Sen. John Mc
Cainof Arizona. The former presiden
tial rival of Bush was in Ireland meet
ing with foreign leaders, said Nancy
Ives, a McCain spokeswoman.
Bush opened the day at the White
House, where he signed legislation to
construct a World War II monument
on the National Mall, a setting criti
cized by some who say it would break
up the vista.
Standing in front of an American
flag and a portrait of Geoige Washing
ton, the president said the monument
between the Washington Monument
and Lincoln Memorial “will stand for
the ages.”
Bush has said World War A veter
ans are dying at a rate of 1,100 each
day, leaving no time to waste on the
project.
The California trip promised to be
a rancorous one because the state is
engulfed in an energy crisis and
Bush has refused to cap wholesale
electricity prices as Davis requested.
Bush has blamed California's short
ages on state officials, and he argues
that price caps won’t solve shortages.
Davis, a potential presidential can
didate in 2004, has accused Bush of
ignoring the state. The president has
visited 29 states, but not California,
since taking office.
They meet Tuesday, and neither
side expects a resolution ofthe politi
cal feu A
The Associated Press
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