Bush makes surprise visit to Iraq
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AL ASAD AIR FORCE BASE, Iraq  - President George W. Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq on Monday, just a week before his top officials in Baghdad present pivotal testimony to Congress that could influence future policy on the war.
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Americans can expect steady progress   in Iraq but it would be unrealistic to hope for "zero   violence," President George W. Bush said on Wednesday after a   surprise trip to Baghdad to bolster the new Iraqi government.
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For the White House, Thursday&#39;s visit by Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi couldn&#39;t have been more timely. Just as President Bush&#39;s relentlessly optimistic campaign-trail spin on Iraq was coming under
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He made a surprise visit to the US military base that was attacked in Mosul Tuesday. Meanwhile, security has increased at some US bases in Iraq.
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett arrives in Iraq for a surprise visit as controversy goes on over UK deployments.
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President George W. Bush landed in Iraq on Monday for a surprise visit along with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and national security adviser Steven Hadley, the White House said.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair made  a surprise first visit to Baghdad on Tuesday to meet Iraqi  Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and show support for Iraq's  elections scheduled for January.
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President Bush is to discuss the situation in Iraq with its Prime Minister Nouri Maliki in Jordan next week.
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President George W. Bush readied to host British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the first foreign leader to visit the White House since Bush's re-election and ahead of Iraq's January elections.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived for an unannounced visit in Baghdad early Saturday, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said. Rice's visit comes amid a security crackdown in the Iraqi capital and a political debate in the American capital, where the Senate was set for a test vote on a resolution condemning President Bush's troop increase.
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld makes a surprise visit to the Iraqi city of Mosul, where a bomb killed 22 people.
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Fresh from a surprise trip to Iraq, US President George W. Bush arrived in Australia late Tuesday for an Asia-Pacific summit and a series of one-on-one meetings with world leaders.
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After a lightning visit to Iraq where he hinted at possible U.S. troop cuts, President George W. Bush arrives in Australia on Tuesday for an Asia-Pacific leaders' meeting amid heavy security and anti-war protests.
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President Bush sneaked over to Baghdad to meet him last month. Now he plans to welcome Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to the White House for the first time.
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President Bush, in Iraq on Monday, emphasized security gains, sectarian reconciliation and the possibility of a troop withdrawal.
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President Bush paid a rare visit to  the press cabin aboard Air Force One on Thursday to express  optimism about his prospects and dismiss polls showing Democrat  John Kerry won their third debate.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Iraq on Tuesday on a previously unannounced visit, the White House said.