GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: ... people all across America now know why I married her.</s>AUDIENCE MEMBER: They were wrong.</s>BUSH: Yes, they were.</s>FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: You've been watching live coverage from Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, where President George W. Bush has been addressing military personnel, their friends and families there, as he begins to embark on a six-day tour of Asia on this cheerleading session of sort. He encouraged the military personnel there for their continued support and their show of patriotism and their dedication. He also used this as a platform to push for his economic stimulus package, as well as for an increase in military spending. He said in the face of terrorism, "America will not blink." Next stop for President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush there, they will be going to Anchorage this evening for a Republican fund- raiser, and then they begin their six-day tour of Asia. Those nations included Japan, South Korea, as well as China. This a particularly poignant moment to be visiting Asia because this comes 30 years after the groundbreaking visit to China by former President Richard Nixon, and at a time when U.S. officials say Washington's prestige and influence in the region is at its highest point since the Vietnam War. So once again, you were just hearing from President George Bush at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Bush Visits Troops in Alaska