Energy and North Korea Back Again

摘要

With all the attention that's been given to president Bush's proposals laid out in February's State of the Union address—the reform of Social Security, health care and taxation, as well as the pledge to cut the budget deficit (which will require cuts in everybody's favorite programs)—it's understandable that the press has had little time or space to spare for the rest of the President's extremely important agenda. Even our progress against the insurgency in Iraq has had to take its place as a distinctly secondary issue, although the first free, fair and open elections in Iraq's history were treated as a two-day wonder by most headline writers. But the fate of these other vital and ambitious ideas will have as great an influence on America's future as will the outcome of the debates on Social Security, health care and taxation.