President Bush begins an ambitious eight day visit through the Middle East. On the agenda are meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, talks with key Arab allies, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the Gulf States, visits with General Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker and greeting American troops on land and sea. We speak with Borzou Daragahi, Middle East correspondent for the LA Times.

We ask a group of students from the New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord about the issues that may get them to make the trip to the voting booth today.