COLLEEN MCEDWARDS, CNN ANCHOR: And now to week four of the Bush administration: During the presidential campaign, candidate Bush told the U.S. military, "Help is on the way." Today, President Bush is on the way to an army base in Georgia as a top-to-bottom review of the U.S. military priorities gets rolling at the Pentagon. It's another special week for the administration, which so far has had an education week, a faith-based initiatives week, and a taxes week. The President opens military week with a visit to the troops at the Fort Stewart near Savannah, Georgia. An our White House correspondent is Major Garrett -- Major.</s>MAJOR GARRETT, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Colleen. President Bush just left the White House and Marine One. He is flying to, as you said, to Fort Stewart, Georgia. And when he arrives, senior White House officials tell CNN, he will announce that he, in his next budget -- the budget he will submit to Congress in the very near future -- will ask for $2.4 billion in additional spending to increase the salaries of the U.S. military; $1.4 billion of that amount will be dedicated to an across-the-board increase in salaries. That's including -- or built upon a 4.6 percent pay increase that was passed by Congress last year. The president will also ask for another $1 billion in spending to retain some of the highest skilled members of the U.S. military. This is a little bit of an increase in spending, not immediate. The Pentagon had hoped they would get a supplemental spending bill through Congress probably this spring. That will have to wait. This will be a part of the president's fiscal 2002 budget submission. That won't be dealt with by Congress until the end of the year. That money will start flowing to the U.S. military starting on October 1 when the new fiscal year begins -- Colleen.</s>MCEDWARDS: All right, thanks very much, Major.
Week Four of Bush Administration Begins