DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: President Bush taking his first trip today outside of Washington, D.C. since he became president -- expecting President Bush to talk about the military. But John, also getting word that he'll be talking about that submarine accident that took place off of the coast of Hawaii -- the first time we will hear comments from the president on that -- John.</s>JOHN KING, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Daryn, Friday's accident involving the USS Greeneville, the nuclear submarine, striking that Japanese fishing vessel off Hawaii. We're told the president will voice his regret for the accident and promise a complete and thorough investigation in his remarks here in just a few minutes at Fort Stewart, Georgia. As you mentioned, this is his first trip to a military base since he was sworn in just almost a month ago now. he did travel once, to Pennsylvania, for a congressional retreat, but this is the first major trip outside of the Washington area -- a 21-gun salute just greeted the new commander-in-chief here. And there's certain to be applause as well when he discusses his plans to add about $5 billion to the Pentagon budget for the next fiscal year, the fiscal year that begins October 1st, $1 billion of that for pay raises, $400 million of that to improve military housing conditions; the president says also about $3 billion to improve military health benefits. Again the president spending much of this week discussing his agenda for the United States military, and he's brought with him several key members of Congress he will need to get those measures through the U.S. Congress. John King, CNN, reporting live from Fort Stewart, Georgia.
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