February 6, 2003

$1-Billion Proposed to Train Mentors and Help Drug and Alcohol Addicts

By Grant Williams

By Grant Williams

Washington

In his State of the Union address last week, President Bush asked Congress to pass a pair of new proposals, at a cost of more than $1-billion, that would help religious and other groups further one of his chief goals -- applying "the compassion of America to the deepest problems of America."

Mr. Bush said he wanted lawmakers to approve a new three-year, $450-million program to recruit and train mentors for more than

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