Bush keeps plans to meet with Iraqi PM
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President Bush is sticking to his plan to hold a summit in Jordan next week with the head of Iraq, despite threats from radical Shiites to boycott parliament if Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki goes.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has pushed for progress on Middle East peace talks and is one of the United States&#39; closest allies, will meet with President Bush next week, the White House said on Saturday.
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President Bush said on 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 plans to fly to the Middle East next week to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, as the two leaders try to overcome recent tensions and revitalize the war effort, the White House announced last night.
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Facing strong disapproval of his war strategy, President George W. Bush will go to the Middle East for a summit with Iraq's prime minister next week to discuss how to speed up the slow transfer of security responsibilities to Baghdad's control.
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US President George W Bush today sketched out the agenda for his second term in office vowing to carry on the fight against terrorim and reach out to allies divided by the war in Iraq.
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Britain's next prime minister met with Iraqi leaders on Monday in a surprise visit following promises to study his country's participation in the conflict.
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Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq arrived here today for a meeting with President Bush that will focus on finding a strategy to stop the violence in Iraq.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair is to hold talks with President Bush in Washington next week. Mr Blair will meet Mr Bush on Thursday and Friday.
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President George W. Bush, under pressure to change strategy in Iraq, meets Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday after making clear he does not support calls for U.S. talks with Iran or withdrawing American troops.
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President Bush's first postelection meeting with a foreign leader comes this week when British Prime Minister Tony Blair, a staunch ally on Iraq, is due for two days of discussions at the White House, officials said Saturday.
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WASHINGTON - Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is making the case on behalf of his country today. The prime minister will address a joint session of Congress, and he will meet the press with President Bush.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi vowed to stick to plans to hold an election in January 2005 even though the US and Britain are struggling to keep order in the nation.
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President Bush on Thursday will meet at the White House with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who is on a nearly three-week trip to the United States that includes a stop for medical treatment.
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President George W. Bush and Australia's Prime Minister John Howard meet beside Sydney Harbour on Wednesday to discuss progress in Iraq and a new defense deal ahead of an Asia-Pacific leaders' summit.
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President Bush met Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan on Thursday to seek ways to stem sectarian carnage threatening to split Iraq.
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WASHINGTON  - President George W. Bush's first post-election meeting with a foreign leader comes this week when British Prime Minister Tony Blair, a staunch ally on Iraq, is due at the White House for two days, officials said Saturday.