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US President George W Bush giving his State of the Union speech
Bush sets out second-term goals
US President George W Bush's State of the Union address highlights Middle East goals and welfare reform.


BUSH'S SECOND TERM

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State of the Union: Full text
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Chertoff voted US security chief
Rice begins work on 'great cause'
George W Bush Road to freedom
'Liberty' at the heart of President Bush's foreign policy
Condoleezza Rice Who's in, who out?
A guide to the key members of George Bush's second Cabinet
President Bush speaks to his Panel on Tax Reform Domestic agenda
Social Security, tax and tort reform... a simple guide

ANALYSIS AND FEATURES

President George W Bush Bush gears up for pensions battle
The BBC's Clive Myrie looks at President Bush's plan to change the US public pension scheme.

What Bush means by 'liberty'
The economic challenges
Eyewitness: US inauguration
Ambition marks Bush's new term
Opposing views of second term
Bush's moral mandate?
Chance to mould Supreme Court
What next for the Democrats?

VOTERS' VIEWS

Voters' views: Bush's second term
BBC News website's panel of US voters give their predictions for President Bush's second term in office.

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State-by-state guide to the Presidential and Congressional races
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BACKGROUND

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