Bush Says Election Ratified Iraq Policy
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With the Iraq elections two weeks away and no signs of the insurgency abating, Bush set no timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops.
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President Bush said Thursday that  Iraq's scheduled Jan. 30 elections should not be postponed  despite calls by some Iraqi politicians for a delay to improve  security against a deadly insurgency.
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President Bush acknowledged that the U.S. had encountered only "mixed" success in training Iraqi troops to secure the country.
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President Bush praised Sunday's  Palestinian elections as an essential step toward the goal of  statehood and promised to help the new president, Mahmoud  Abbas, in a renewed push for peace with Israel.
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President Bush on Wednesday urged  Iraqis to defy insurgents by voting in Sunday's elections,  saying the upcoming poll was a "grand moment in Iraqi history."
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The situation in Iraq is coming to a head with the approach of  elections, US President George W Bush says.
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US President George W Bush thanked troops stationed at southern California&#39;s Camp Pendleton on Tuesday, saying he was proud of their service and it would help Iraqis bring about democracy as they moved closer to elections on January 30.
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President George W. Bush claimed political vindication after Democratic rival John Kerry said he would have authorised military action in Iraq even knowing what he knows today.
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President Bush congratulated the Iraqi candidates and voters as final results in the country's national elections showed Shiites and Kurds led the ballot.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi vowed yesterday that planned elections will go ahead this January despite increasing violence that has left several cities outside of the interim government&#39;s control.
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President Bush said Tuesday his decision to send more troops to Baghdad is yielding "gradual but important" progress in Iraq. He portrayed himself as steadfast while Democrats squabble over strategy.
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WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush and Iraqi interim President Ghazi al-Yawar have restated their firm commitment to holding elections on Jan. 30 in spite of an upsurge in violence in Iraq.
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President Bush says there is no need to hold anyone in his administration accountable for what has happened in Iraq because the voters have already spoken.
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President Bush backs his policy on Iraq, despite confirmation that Saddam Hussein did not have WMD.
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President Bush Thursday flatly ruled out any delay in Iraqi elections scheduled for Jan. 30 despite the unrelenting insurgency, rejecting Sunni Muslim boycott threats and casting the vote as a critical step toward bringing U.S. troops home.
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he saw signs of progress in Iraq and the possibility of a troop reduction as staunch ally Australia pledged not to withdraw its soldiers.
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Even some of President Bush's sharpest critics joined him in hailing the Iraq elections Sunday as a victory for democracy. But Republicans and Democrats agreed that it will be some time before American troops can come home.