Bush's Green Energy Lab Visit Prompts Quick Budget Fix

"President Bush visited a major energy research laboratory Tuesday to promote his administration's campaign to develop alternatives to U.S. reliance on oil, an appearance that inadvertently spotlighted funding problems for such efforts....The incident underscored the fact that Bush had only recently embraced the sort of research the lab pursues. It also demonstrated the pressures the administration will face as it seeks to decrease the federal budget deficit, maintain tax cuts and pay for the cost of the war in Iraq while embarking on Bush's new energy plan."