Bush Renews Faith-Based Initiative Push [View All]

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Associated Press Writer

DALLAS (AP) -- In a speech replete with references to "miracles" and a "higher power bigger than people's problems," President Bush on Wednesday renewed his push to let religious groups compete for government money.

"The best way to help the addict ... is to change their heart," Bush said in a reference to how he stopped drinking at age 40. "See, if you change their heart, then they change their behavior.

"I know!" Bush said, thrusting a finger into the air.

Bush spoke to a packed auditorium at the Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship here where several hundred, mostly black, parishioners sang and swayed to gospel music and chanted "U.S.A. U.S.A." when the president walked in.

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