President Bush, pushing for more flexibility in job training programs, said Wednesday that the federal government needs to support community colleges because they are available and affordable to meet the needs of modern-day workers.

　　“We must never lose sight of the need to have an education system ... that’s capable of keeping this country competitive by adjusting to the workplace as it really is,” Bush said at Anne Arundel Community College. “I have come to herald success.”

　　Bush has proposed doubling the number of Americans who get job-training help from the government, as a way to restore lost jobs. He aims to do that in part by consolidating federal job-training programs, but is also striving for broader change.