President Bush to visit St. Louis

WASHINGTON -- President Bush will visit St. Louis on Thursday to tour a high-tech company and make a speech about the federal budget.

Bush will visit the headquarters of St. Louis-based World Wide Technology Inc., one of the nation's top-grossing black-owned businesses.

A White House spokesman said Bush will use the speech to call on Congress to send him a budget that "rejects wasteful and unnecessary spending."

Bush will also attend a fundraising luncheon for the Republican National Committee.

Both events are closed to the public.