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The people in Georgia , whose energy supply is meager anyhow , suffered the cold for more than a week , cut off from their most important energy source . However , doctors had reported that the baby , aborted at 23 weeks , was taking gasping breaths when he was brought to the hospital after birth , The Australian reported . This week , he invited 100 TV weather forecasters to the White House hoping they 'd propagandize local viewers on behalf of his crusade . That assessment , which has been expressed publicly by U.S. military commanders and others in recent weeks , was tempered by a degree of optimism that the Iraqi government — with support from U.S. troops — will succeed in quelling the sectarian strife . A feature of the negotiations , which lasted four weeks , was the conciliatory attitude of the Soviet Union . The U.S.A. Patriot Act , passed by both Houses of Congress in the space of weeks , was signed by President George W. Bush on October 26 . The following week , he learned that Gretchen was Susan .