State of Union gets preview in Spanish
Aspen, CO Colorado
WASHINGTON – Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar, who grew up in a Spanish-speaking household in the state’s rural San Luis Valley, will deliver the Democrats’ first-ever Spanish-language preview address to the president’s State of the Union.
Salazar will speak at 1 p.m. Friday at the U.S. Capitol. President Bush will deliver the annual State of Union address on Tuesday.
Salazar spokesman Drew Nannis said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., asked Salazar to give the speech as a part of the party’s efforts to reach out to Hispanic voters. Salazar accepted “without hesitation,” Nannis said.
Salazar has played a role in other issues that affect Hispanics and Spanish-speakers since he was elected to the Senate in 2004. For example, Salazar was a prominent supporter of an immigration bill last year that would have created a guest worker program and a path to citizenship for some of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the country now. He also is sought out for interviews by the Spanish-language media in Washington.
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