President Bush today tackled an array of subjects in a press conference with reporters.
The topics included: the state of the U.S. economy, including high energy and food prices; the progress of military operations in Afghanistan; the plans for extra spending on the war in Iraq; presidential relations with Congress; the decision by former President Jimmy Carter to meet with leaders of the terrorist group Hamas; and Bush’s expectations of how the next president will approach the war on terror.
President Bush spoke at the “America’s Small Business Summit” hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on April 18, and the chamber today posted a series of videos of the event to YouTube. Here are Bush’s thoughts about the U.S. economy and the economic stimulus package enacted earlier this year:
Bloggers in the Washington, D.C., area were invited to the Newseum on Monday for a sneak peek at the facility, which opens April 11. And no wonder — bloggers already are a part of the history in the Newseum. Their impact has been felt from within the ivory tower of mainstream media to the White House, the courts and Congress.
As a member of the Media Bloggers Association, I was one of the members invited to the event. I interviewed Newseum officials, journalists and bloggers, and shot footage of Newseum displays and more for use on Eyeblast.tv, a video-sharing site and online social network for conservatives where I now serve as the executive producer.
President Bush today proposed a federal budget that for the first time would bust the $3 trillion mark. Here is the Heritage Foundation’s take on the budget, which is released annually on the first Monday of February:
Reactions to the speech also are making their way onto the Internet. Here are video commentaries from: Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C.; Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif.; Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y.; Steve Clemons of the New America Foundation
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