Just minutes ago, the president spoke at the White House after signing the war supplemental with expanded GI bill benefits into law. From his comments:

"We also owe a debt of gratitude to our nation's military families. They endure sleepless nights, and the daily struggle of caring for children while a loved one is serving far from home. We have a responsibility to provide for them, so I'm pleased that the bill we signed today includes an expansion of the GI Bill.

"This legislation will make it easier for our troops to transfer unused education benefits to their spouses and children. It will help us to recruit and reward the best military on the face of the Earth. It will help us meet our responsibilities to those who support our troops every day, America's great military families."

Bush singled out Sens. Jim Webb and John Warner in his comments, two of the chief proponents of the reworked military education benefits, as well as Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Richard Burr, all of whom had backed a competing plan which contained the transferability language.