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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – President Bush will return to New Hampshire on Tuesday to continue promoting themes from his recent address to the nation and to honor a Manchester woman for her volunteer work.

Bush is expected to speak to about 450 invited guests at a luncheon hosted by the New Hampshire Business and Industry Association.

While in the state, Bush is expected to present the President’s Volunteer Service Award to Vernette Reimel, an Americorps VISTA volunteer who works with a program that helps the elderly budget, save money and access financial assistance programs.

All four members of the state’s congressional delegation will attend Bush’s luncheon, with Sens. Judd Gregg and John Sununu arriving and departing with Bush aboard Air Force One.

Though both senators praised Bush for setting a clear vision for the nation in Tuesday’s State of the Union speech, Sununu recently took a leading role in opposing the administration’s position on reauthorizing the Patriot Act.

Concerned about excessive police powers, he joined Democrats and a few other Republicans last year to block a final vote on a measure negotiated by the White House that would have made permanent most expiring provisions of the anti-terrorism law. On Thursday, Congress sent Bush a second five-week extension as Senate negotiators worked to close a deal with the White House to answer those concerns.

The most recent New Hampshire poll shows most New Hampshire adults disapprove of Bush’s overall job performance. In an American Research Group poll released Dec. 31, 57 percent said they disapprove of how Bush is handling his job, with 37 percent saying they approve. A poll by the same group a year earlier found New Hampshire residents evenly split, with 46 percent voicing approval and 46 percent disapproving.

The most recent telephone poll of 600 adults was conducted Dec. 27-Dec. 30 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

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