24 January 2007

State of the Union Cliff Notes

I took these during the SOTU, and I will share them with you.

State of the Union 2007
in order as they are addressed

-Madame Speaker-
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
-remarks on speaker
-congrats to dem majority
-7.2 million new jobs
-3 economic reforms
-balance budget
-without raising taxes
-deficit cut in half
-get rid of deficit in five years
-restrain federal spending
-no applause from Hillary
-earmarks
-cspan joke
-crackdown
-entitlements
-social security
-education
- no child left behind
-raise standards
-promote achievement
-funding for struggling students
-math and science
-reauthorization
-Healthcare
-reform 4,500 per family of 4
-tax code reform to allow affordability of healthcare
-federal support of state insurance
-affordable choices grants
-expand health savings accounts
-medical liability reform
-Secure border
-double border patrol size
-temporary worker program
-employment immigration reform
-call for debate
-Oil
-America's dependency
-Clean coal, nuclear, solar
-hybrid, biodiseal
-ethanol
-reduce gasoline usage in the US 20% in next 10 years
-mandatory fuel standard
-modernize fuel economy standards for cars
-Doubling strategic oil reserves
-Courts
-fair hearing
-prompt voting
-Homeland Security
-call for debate
-take the fight to the enemy
-all standing
-prevented plots
-lists stopped terror plots
-sunni extremists
-preach with threats
-promise paradise for murder
-quotes warning from terror leader
-shia extremists
-Iran
-hezbollah
-threat to democracy, gain weapons
-dangers have not ended
-lawful and proper tool...to protect american people
-desire for liberty in middle east
-syria
-afghai elections
-iraqi (3) elections
-12 million citizens vote
-2006 hezbollah
-undermine lebanon's government
-al qaeda- blew up mosque
-sectarian violence
-can't leave iraq behind
-victory in iraq
-New Iraq Strategy
-iraqi government must stop sectarian violence
-20,000 soldiers to baghdad, clear and hold
-advisers
-an-bar province
-aid local forces 4,000 troops
-prevent iraq from being taken by al-qaeda
-iraq support with troops and confront radicals
-take back capital
-commitment to people of iraq
-strategy best chance for success
-if we pull out, (basically chaos)
-iraq cannot fall to terrorists
-War on Terror
-did not vote for failure (iraq)
-support our troops
-war on terror will continue on
-bipartisan council on war on terror
-authorize increase size of marine corp
-volunteer civilian reserve core
-diplomatic strategy
-multinational force
-mideast allies
-sanctions on iran
-democratic palestinian state
-diplomacy on korean peninsula
-asian allies
-cuba
-darfur
-Misc.(includes special mentions)
-fight aids in africa
-poverty/hunger
-emergency plan for aids relief
-50,000 increase to 800,000 with aids medicine
-combat malaria in africa
-millennium challenge account
-trade and debt relief
-special guest, from africa, in NBA
-julie clark-baby einstein company
-american enterprise
-child help
-children have the right to live in a world that is safe
-wesley autrey
-subway hero
-tommy rieman
-used body as shield to protect gunner
-kept fighting
-State of the Union is strong

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