nice speech, however i already knew most of the facts he stated. unless he had teleprompters all over the audience, it is amazing, how he spoke freely for half an hour without a single "eh". Iraq sounds better all the time as a place to emmigrate too, but i fear the us will install too much beaurocracy; he said, that allready 12 ministries/departments (of how many?) were independent, imo 4 ministries (defense, interior, state and finance) would be enough, what do you need 12 or more for?
i found the pattern of applause in the audience strange, i would have expected bush to be interrupted by spontaneous applause more often, but when there was applause it came and ceased quickly, like in tv shows.