CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Want to go live back to the Pentagon where President Bush is signing that $401 billion defense bills. Some remarks before he signs. Let's listen.</s>GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: ... the president and the administration. Today, with the National Defense Authorization Act, our government is meeting its obligations. We're sending a clear message: In a time of conflict and challenge, America stands with the United States military.</s>COSTELLO: And with that, of course, the president will sign the bill. After this ceremony concludes he'll get back on the plane headed for Fort Carson, Colorado where he will meet with the families of soldiers lost in Iraq, specifically those lost when that Chinook was shot down over Fallujah on November 2. Four of the 16 soldiers who died in that accident were from Fort Carson. And, Fort Carson, by the way, has 12,000 troops in Iraq. And that's its largest deployment since World War II. And after the president visits the families in Colorado it's off to Crawford, Texas, for a Thanksgiving where we hope he will have a wonderful holiday with his family.
Bush Signs $401 Billion Defense Bill