GOV. BUSH SPEAKS AT DRUG-COURT GRADUATION

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush spoke at a statewide drug-court graduation ceremony
Wednesday in Pensacola, saying he hoped to watch his daughter complete the
program soon. Noelle Bush, 25, has been a drug-court participant in Orlando
since her arrest last year on a charge of trying to use a fraudulent
prescription to obtain the anti-anxiety drug Xanax.

``I'm going to be sitting soon, I hope, as a loving and proud father, with
you,'' Bush said, his voice cracking, in an Escambia County courtroom where
nine graduates and their families were joined by judges, legislators and
two Florida Supreme Court justices. ``This is an emotional thing for me.''