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| Bush warns against Iraq failure | Bush warns against Iraq failure |
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| US President George W Bush will warn that failure in Iraq would be "grievous and far-reaching" in his annual State of the Union address shortly. | |
| Mr Bush will defend his new Iraq plans, urging "America must not fail in Iraq". | Mr Bush will defend his new Iraq plans, urging "America must not fail in Iraq". |
| He is also expected to focus on domestic issues, urging political opponents to join him in tackling the US's most profound problems. | He is also expected to focus on domestic issues, urging political opponents to join him in tackling the US's most profound problems. |
| Topping the agenda will be energy policy, with Mr Bush calling for a 20% cut in petrol consumption by 2017. | Topping the agenda will be energy policy, with Mr Bush calling for a 20% cut in petrol consumption by 2017. |
| In excerpts released ahead of the speech - which Mr Bush is due to deliver at 0200GMT - the president describes the war on terror as a "generational struggle that will continue long after you and I have turned our duties over to others". | In excerpts released ahead of the speech - which Mr Bush is due to deliver at 0200GMT - the president describes the war on terror as a "generational struggle that will continue long after you and I have turned our duties over to others". |
| For too long our nation has been dependent on foreign oil President Bush Excerpts: State of the Union | For too long our nation has been dependent on foreign oil President Bush Excerpts: State of the Union |
| He proposes to set up an advisory council on the war on terror, made up of bipartisan leaders in Congress. | He proposes to set up an advisory council on the war on terror, made up of bipartisan leaders in Congress. |
| "We will show our enemies abroad that we are united in the goal of victory," he says. | "We will show our enemies abroad that we are united in the goal of victory," he says. |
| This will be Mr Bush's seventh State of the Union address, his first since the Democrats took over Congress. | This will be Mr Bush's seventh State of the Union address, his first since the Democrats took over Congress. |
| Recent opinion polls suggest only one-in-three voters approve of the job the president is doing - making him more unpopular than any other president in the last 50 years, except Richard Nixon just before he resigned. | Recent opinion polls suggest only one-in-three voters approve of the job the president is doing - making him more unpopular than any other president in the last 50 years, except Richard Nixon just before he resigned. |
| Green initiatives | Green initiatives |
| Mr Bush will ask Congress for $1.6bn over the decade to fund research into alternative energy and $2bn in loans for cellulosic ethanol plants. | Mr Bush will ask Congress for $1.6bn over the decade to fund research into alternative energy and $2bn in loans for cellulosic ethanol plants. |
| Iraq will be defended in the context of the global war on terror | Iraq will be defended in the context of the global war on terror |
| But there are no indications that he will impose specific limits on greenhouse gas emissions. | But there are no indications that he will impose specific limits on greenhouse gas emissions. |
| This will dismay not just Democrats, but some Republican-supporting industrialists who want Mr Bush to adopt a comprehensive strategy for tackling climate change, the BBC's Iain Watson in Washington says. | This will dismay not just Democrats, but some Republican-supporting industrialists who want Mr Bush to adopt a comprehensive strategy for tackling climate change, the BBC's Iain Watson in Washington says. |
| Mr Bush will also call for a strengthening of America's energy security - he wants to double the country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve by 2027. | |
| The SPR is an emergency petroleum store with the current capacity to hold up to 727 million barrels of crude oil. | The SPR is an emergency petroleum store with the current capacity to hold up to 727 million barrels of crude oil. |
| "For too long our nation has been dependent on foreign oil," the president will say. | "For too long our nation has been dependent on foreign oil," the president will say. |
| "And this dependence leaves us more vulnerable to hostile regimes, and to terrorists - who could cause huge disruptions of oil shipments ... raise the price of oil ... and do great harm to our economy." | "And this dependence leaves us more vulnerable to hostile regimes, and to terrorists - who could cause huge disruptions of oil shipments ... raise the price of oil ... and do great harm to our economy." |
| Immigration reform | Immigration reform |
| Mr Bush is also expected to address the difficulties an estimated 47 million Americans face in obtaining health care, proposing a tax break for the least well-off to make health insurance more affordable. | Mr Bush is also expected to address the difficulties an estimated 47 million Americans face in obtaining health care, proposing a tax break for the least well-off to make health insurance more affordable. |
| A large part of the speech is expected to focus on energy policy | A large part of the speech is expected to focus on energy policy |
| "We must remember that the best healthcare decisions are made not by government and insurance companies, but by patients and their doctors," Mr Bush will say. | "We must remember that the best healthcare decisions are made not by government and insurance companies, but by patients and their doctors," Mr Bush will say. |
| But, according to our correspondent, the money is likely to come from taxing those with generous corporate health care schemes, which could risk alienating Republican support. | But, according to our correspondent, the money is likely to come from taxing those with generous corporate health care schemes, which could risk alienating Republican support. |
| The president will also urge Congress to pass an comprehensive immigration reform bill. | The president will also urge Congress to pass an comprehensive immigration reform bill. |
| "We cannot fully secure the border unless we take pressure off the border - and that requires a temporary worker program," Mr Bush will say. | "We cannot fully secure the border unless we take pressure off the border - and that requires a temporary worker program," Mr Bush will say. |
| But it is on Iraq that members of Mr Bush's Republican party are most sceptical, our correspondent says. | But it is on Iraq that members of Mr Bush's Republican party are most sceptical, our correspondent says. |
| And the Democrats will be keen to exploit those divisions. | And the Democrats will be keen to exploit those divisions. |
| They have chosen Senator Jim Webb to give their official response to this year's speech . He is a former marine who narrowly defeated the Republican incumbent in Virginia on an anti-war ticket. | They have chosen Senator Jim Webb to give their official response to this year's speech . He is a former marine who narrowly defeated the Republican incumbent in Virginia on an anti-war ticket. |