Year After Baghdad, Bush Visits Troops by Phone
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President Bush made Thanksgiving Day calls from his Texas ranch to US troops abroad on Thursday, a year after he made a secret trip to spend the holiday with soldiers in Iraq.
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President Bushâs address again raises the question of what Americaâs mission in Iraq really is.
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President Bush and his top aides have signaled in recent days that they are beginning to look more closely at a "post-surge" strategy that would involve a smaller U.S. troop presence in Iraq and a mission focused on fighting al-Qaeda and training the Iraqi army.
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ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - President Bush says he doesn't envision a longtime presence of U.S. troops in Iraq similar to post-World War II deployments in Europe and South Korea that continue today...
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For the first time, the Bush administration is publicly discussing basing American troops in Iraq for years.
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President Bush, celebrating his fourth July Fourth as a wartime leader, said Tuesday U.S. troops will overcome persistent violence in Iraq and a rekindled insurgency in Afghanistan because the enemy is vulnerable.
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RENO, Nev., Aug. 28 -- A year ago, President Bush came before the American Legion convention and assured his audience of veterans that the early results of a plan to strengthen security in Baghdad were "encouraging." Within a few months, U.S. officials were acknowledging that the plan had collapsed...
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President George W. Bush is paying a bedside visit to soldiers wounded in Iraq as American forces fight fierce battles in Fallujah to seize insurgent strongholds from Sunni militants.
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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 began his post-Christmas vacation Sunday contemplating a hefty second-term agenda on both global and domestic fronts, including expectations of continued violence against U.S. troops in Iraq.
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President George W. Bush arrived in Iraq on Monday for a surprise visit along with his Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the White House said in a call from Air Force One.
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US President George W Bush is in Iraq on a surprise visit, the White House has announced.
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President Bush makes remarks to military personnel and their families, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004, Camp Pendleton, Calif. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson).
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President Bush said Tuesday a new plan to increase U.S. and Iraqi forces in the besieged capital of Baghdad will help quell rising violence that is threatening Iraq's transformation to a self-sustaining democracy.
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CAMP PENDLETON, California President George W. Bush made an emotional visit to the Marine base that has been home to nearly a sixth of all the US troops killed in Iraq.
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President George Bush is heading back to the front lines of the campaign battlefield, with visits Friday to Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida.
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The Bush administration has shunned setting any timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. But talk to leading U.S. soldiers in Baghdad and it quickly becomes evident they have a timeline in mind.