Bush Gets Emotional Tuesday, Talks About Drinking On Wednesday

ABC has two stories on President Bush's polar behavior over the last two days. On Tuesday, the President had tears streaming down his face during a ceremony for a Navy Seal who had given his life in Iraq. Today, in a rare moment of honesty about his troubled past, he brought up the drinking problem he struggled with as a younger man.

Here's the report on Bush crying...

ABC's Jennifer Duck reports: Clearly choked up, and at times wiping away his own tears, President Bush awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously at the White House Tueday to Navy SEAL Petty Officer Michael Monsoor, who was killed in Iraq in September of 2006 when he fell on a grenade to save comrades during fighting in Ramadi.

Monsoor was the fourth service member to receive the nation's highest award for valor in the 6 1/2 years of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. Bush awarded the medal in the White House's East Room Tuesday to Monsoor's parents.

Here's the report on Bush discussing his drinking problem...

ABC News' Jennifer Duck Reports: For the third time in recent months, President George W. Bush publicly reflected on his past drinking problem.

"I quit drinking -- and it wasn't because of a government program. It required a little more powerful force than a government program in my case," Bush said after signing the "Second Chance Act" -- a government program to aide recovered substance abusers -- into law.

The law is a prisoner re-entry program that helps convicted felons transition back into society and provides additional federal funding to reduce prison populations by creating job training programs, along with substance abuse and family stability support.