Now we are seeking approval from the government to begin offshore drilling at the end of 2006.

The result of the survey has been encouraging.

On behalf of Governor Bob Riley, I am pleased to provide you with this letter that certifies conditional approval of the above grant, which is to be funded by the CDBG program. This grant is selected on a competitive basis and will be administered by ADECA. The final award of these funds is subject to your meeting the terms and conditions contained in the letter of conditional commitment which will be forwarded to you.

You can't even be in the game until you have a pre-approval letter.

Without the grant approval for the new project from the Israeli government, we would have decided against Israel as a location for FAB 28. But the grant approval together with an established workforce and infrastructure made Israel the best place for the new plant.

The fact that Bush is maintaining 80 to 84 percent approval of Republicans even in these very difficult times I think is a terrific story.