The sun sets over the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, February 2, 2005, the site where U.S. President George W. Bush will give his State of the Union address later in the evening. President Bush will tell Americans in his State of the Union speech on Wednesday night that Social Security must be changed to save it from financial ruin, and U.S. troops will stay in Iraq until the country's emerging government can defend itself. REUTERS/Jason Reed
US President George W. Bush rehearses his State of the Union address. Bush said that elections in Iraq had launched a 'new phase' of US efforts to train security forces there, and that a Palestinian state was now 'within reach.'(AFP/HO-White House)
First lady Laura Bush, lower right, shakes hands with Safia Taleb al-Suhail, leader of the Iraqi Women's Political Council on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005 prior to President Bush's State of the Union address. Second row, from left are, Marine Staff Sgt. John Manuel Martinez, and Janet and William Norwood of Pflugerville, Texas whose son Sgt. Byron Norwood was killed in Fallujah Nov. 13, 2004. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Bush is greeted on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005 prior to giving his State of the Union address. Rep.Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga. is at left. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
U.S. President George W. Bush smiles as he stands behind the podium, while Vice President Richard Cheney (L) and Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert (R-IL) applaud at the beginning of the State of the Union address, in the House Chamber in Washington February 2, 2005. REUTERS/Larry Downing
President Bush delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005 in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)