Bush: "It's been a good year for the American people."

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/12/20051222-1.html




1. New Orleans. Bush said even he was appalled by his own government's response to Hurricane Katrina. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9107338/


2. As of Thursday, at least 2,161 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,695 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The figures include five military civilians. A soldier was killed Thursday by an explosive in Baghdad. http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1135341077141850.xml&coll=2


3. Gas prices, heating bills explode.
http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/12/18/145746/82


4. Bush's assaults on our freedoms are revealed.
http://homepage.mac.com/alchimia1/anti_bush/patriot_act_worse.html


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