Tonight, with a healthy, growing economy, with more Americans going back to work, with our nation an active force for good in the world--the state of our union is confident and strong. Our generation has been blessed--by the expansion of opportunity, by advances in medicine, and by the security purchased by our parents' sacrifice. Now, as we see a little gray in the mirror--or a lot of gray--and we watch our children moving into adulthood, we ask the question: What will be the state of their union?