While the war in Iraq continues.....
..the people in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast wait for President Bush to fulfill his promise to rebuild.
..some families on the Gulf Coast wait for notification about their missing/presumed dead loved ones.
..roads and the infrastructure in this country continue to crumble because there is no money.
..American children go to bed hungry as the food stamp program is cut.
..the No Child Left Behind program remains largely unfunded.
..Halliburton's profits increase.
..the families of 2,110 have lost loved ones and, sadly, other families will join their ranks.
..16,000 American service members must deal with physical and mental war wounds.
..our American wounded wait and wait for medical attention at military hospitals.
..there is no money to fund additional border patrols and port inspections.
..college students are losing grants and access to loans.
..this administration refuses to acknowledge their mistakes (disbanding the Iraqi army, having no exit strategy).
..the cost of the war in Iraq is over $200 trillion dollars, and our heartbreak continues.
Summary of Bush's speech:
....1. Given in front of a military audience.
....2. Stay the course.
....3. Stay the course.
....4. Stay the course.
