<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - State of the Union</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/administration/stateoftheunion?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</link><description>State of the Union</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Behind Bush's Bid to Save the Innocent]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62273-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62273-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:25:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As governor of Texas, George W. Bush presided over 152 executions, more than any governor in any state in modern U.S. history. He commuted just one capital sentence and harbored no doubts in the system. "I'm confident we have not put to death anyone who has been innocent," he once said.]]></description><author> Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part of Profits Would Be Forfeited]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59136-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59136-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:25:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Under the White House Social Security plan, workers who opt to divert some of their payroll taxes into individual accounts would ultimately earn benefits more than those under the traditional system only if the return on their investments exceed the amount their money would have accrued under the traditional system.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Makes Case for Social Security Plan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58731-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58731-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:25:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush called Wednesday night for a historic restructuring of Social Security that would allow younger workers for the first time to invest some of their payroll taxes in the stock market.]]></description><author> Michael A. Fletcher  and Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Issue  Expected to Be Toughest  Domestic Battle]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59012-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59012-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:25:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush launched the battle to restructure Social Security Wednesday night with an eye on older Americans, nervous Republicans and potential Democratic votes in Congress.]]></description><author> Dan Balz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush's Rhetoric Splits House Chamber Between Throaty Roars and Stony Silence]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59093-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59093-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:25:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On issue after issue -- Social Security, gay marriage, energy, taxes and lawsuit restrictions -- President Bush's rhetoric split the House chamber between the throaty roars of Republican conservatives and the stony silence and occasionally outright heckling of the Democrats.]]></description><author> Dana Milbank</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democratic Response to State of the Union Address]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58998-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58998-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:25:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Following is the Democratic Response to the State of the Union Address.]]></description><author>E-Media</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winning The War Of Perception]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59332-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59332-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:25:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[If George W. Bush could sing and dance to "Yankee Doodle Dandy," he probably would have Wednesday night, as part of a patriotic spectacle technically known as the State of the Union address.]]></description><author> Tom Shales</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[2005 State of the Union]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58846-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58846-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:25:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Following is the full text of President Bush's State of the Union Address delivered Wednesday night.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush to Challenge Congress in Speech]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57968-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57968-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:25:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush, pushing an ambitious domestic agenda in his second term, is calling on Congress to revamp the Social Security system this year to allow workers under age 55 to invest retirement money in the stock market and other "personal accounts."]]></description><author> William Branigin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush May Back Curbs on Social Security Accounts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52565-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52565-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:25:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The president's support for limits on the costs and risks of privatization could help mollify the plan's critics.]]></description><author> Jim VandeHei   and Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[President's Speech to Focus on Budget]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55432-2005Feb1.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55432-2005Feb1.html?nav=rss_politics/administration/stateoftheunion</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:25:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush also plans to further his case for remaking Social Security during his State of the Union address, a speech also expected to celebrate the spread of democracy.]]></description><author> Michael A. Fletcher</author></item></channel></rss>