BUSH SPEAKS TO THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS
Tom Cochran, executive director of the Conference, listens as President George W. Bush addresses the U.S. Conference of Mayors on January 23, 2004, at the Capital Hilton in Washington. Bush echoed his State of the Union address, listing many of his accomplishments from the war against terrorism to the No Child Left Behind Act. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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