Bush calls service members to thank them for service
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President Bush called 10 members of the US military around the world and in the United States on Friday to thank them for their service and share holiday greetings.
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President Bush celebrated the contributions of veterans and active-duty military ahead of the Memorial Day holiday, saying Saturday that the service of U.S. troops in Iraq has produced democracy for that country and made Americans safer.
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President Bush issued a Christmas Day call for compassion toward the sick and suffering, urging Americans to volunteer to help the neediest among their fellow citizens.
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President Bush on Monday honored U.S. troops who have fought and died for freedom and expressed his steely resolve to succeed in the war in Iraq. "As before in our history, Americans find ourselves under attack and underestimated," he said.
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LAS VEGAS - President Bush told veterans Tuesday he was proud of his time in the Texas Air National Guard and sought to deflect questions about his Vietnam-era service by turning the subject to what he said were rival John Kerry's equivocations on the war in Iraq.   "What's critical is that the president of the United States speak clearly and consistently at this time of great threat in our world, and not change positions because of expediency or pressure," Bush told his applauding audience in a speech to the National Guard Association of the United States...
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President Bush called those who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan "a new generation of heroes."
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WASHINGTON - President Bush's plan to call tens of thousands of U.S. troops home from Europe and Asia could gain him election-year applause from military families, but won't ease the strain on soldiers still battling violent factions in Iraq and Afghanistan...
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President Bush expressed pride Tuesday in his Vietnam-era service with the Texas Air National Guard without addressing controversy over documents that raise questions about his record
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President Bush told a conference of the National Guard Association today that he was "proud to be one of them."
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By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Mar. 1--An airman who admits he shuns attention will be the center of attention today in Gulfport when President Bush gives him the President's Volunteer Service Award.
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CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA - US President George W. Bush marked the 63rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor on Tuesday, by speaking to the Marines who have shouldered much of the fight in Iraq.
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Speaking to National Guard members and veterans at a politically charged moment, President Bush acknowledged on Tuesday the hardships that the war in Iraq had caused
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LAS VEGAS Sept. 14, 2004 - President Bush told veterans Tuesday he was proud of his time in the Texas Air National Guard and sought to deflect questions about his Vietnam-era service by turning the subject
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First lady Laura Bush told hundreds of U.S. troops Thursday that the American people stand by them in the Iraq war and the security situation in the country was improving due to their efforts.
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President Bush, accused by Democrats  of joining the National Guard to avoid going to Vietnam and  then shirking his duty, told a Guard convention on Tuesday he  is proud of his service but did not address lingering questions  about his record.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush paused on Veterans Day to honor American soldiers who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan during his presidency and in wars past.
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President Bush presided over a citizenship ceremony Monday for three soldiers injured in Iraq, calling them "men who knew the cost of freedom and were willing to pay that cost so others could live free."