CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: In the meantime, up next, rising fuel prices, falling power prices -- President Bush about to order federal agencies nationwide to cut back their use of energy. White House correspondent Major Garrett has a hot story here. Good morning, Major.</s>MAJOR GARRETT, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol. The goal is to reduce federal energy consumption by 10 percent. White House officials privately acknowledge that's incredibly ambitious. But in an order the president will sign today, that's the goal. How is it to be achieved? Well, the president wants all federal buildings to turn up the thermostat, turn off the lights and, in some cases, close down the escalators during peak-use hours, all in the name of federal energy conservation. The hardest-hit and most specific directives will go to California, where federal buildings there will be instructed during Stage 2 and Stage 3 alerts to turn up the thermostat to 78 degrees and turn off all nonessential lighting and escalators. But also hard hit will be military bases. Overall, the federal government and all of its buildings consume about 1.5 percent of all the energy consumed in the United States. And military bases and facilities use a lot of that as well. Donald Rumsfeld, the defense secretary, has been consulted about ways the Defense Department can reduce energy consumption without affecting negatively training or military preparedness -- Carol.</s>LIN: All right, thank you very much, Major Garrett, with the latest from there. We'll see if the White House itself has to turn up the thermostat. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
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