President Bush gave his weekly radio address from the Roosevelt Room in front of television cameras. In his remarks he talked about efforts to combat terrorism inside and outside the U.S., and acknowledged signing a directive authorizing domestic law enforcement officials to engage in electronic surveillance to monitor potential terrorist activity. He cited his constitutional authority as Commander-in-Chief and the congressional use of force authorization passed soon after September 11, 2001 for the actions. He also urged Congress to permanently extend the USA Patriot Act.