the union next week, "thank you for your letter," et cetera, "regarding the shutdown sent to me not long after the shutdown began inviting me to address the nation. as you know, i had already accepted your kind invitation," this after there was a comment from the pelosi team yesterday that he had not sent a written acceptance, but said it verbally. "however i then received another letter from you dated january 16th wherein you expressed concerns about security. i was contacted by the department of homeland security and u.s. secret service to explain that there would be absolutely no problem with regard to security with respect to the event." he then goes on to say, "accordingly there are no security concerns therefore i will be honoring your invitation and fulfilling my constitutional dispute to deliver important information to the people and congress of the united states of america regarding the state of the union." he looks forward to seeing her january 29th in the chamber of