Bush pleads for more patience for Iraq war efforts
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - U.S. President George W. Bush, faced with growing calls to start withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, pleaded with Americans on Saturday for patience and cited progress in the past two months.
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President George W. Bush sought on Wednesday to rally support for the war in Iraq, appealing to Americans on Independence Day for "more patience, more courage and more sacrifice".
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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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Quickening his search for a new war strategy, President Bush sought ideas from lawmakers on Friday and lined up three days of urgent talks with military brass, diplomats and outside experts on how to stop Iraq's slide toward anarchy.
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President Bush urged Iraqis to defy terrorists and vote in Sunday's election and sought patience from anxious Americans as a Marine helicopter crash pushed the U.S. death toll above 1,400.
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.  - President Bush sought on  Tuesday to boost the morale of U.S. troops facing extended  deployments in Iraq by promising to train Iraqi forces to  replace them but acknowledged only mixed results so far.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush pledged yesterday to seek bipartisan consensus on the way forward in Iraq, as he awaited a panel's recommendations on how to shift course in the unpopular war.
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President George W. Bush on Thursday acknowledged the need for "concerted efforts" to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after a panel on the Iraq war urged revived U.S. diplomacy to defuse broader regional tensions.
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Congressional leaders displayed eroding patience in the Iraqi government on Sunday, adding pressure on President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to find a faster path to peace when they meet this week.
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U.S. President George W. Bush and his generals appealed on Friday for more time to allow his troop increase to work in Iraq, but a key Senate ally said September was still pivotal for evaluating the strategy.
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President Bush, under pressure to find a new blueprint for Iraq, on Wednesday sought to strengthen Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's ability to quell rising violence amid U.S. doubts about his capacity to ...Comment
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President Bush on Wednesday urged  Iraqis to defy insurgents by voting in Sunday's elections and  he lowered turnout expectations as U.S. forces suffered their  deadliest day since the Iraq invasion 22 months ago.
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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, facing election-year   criticism that the Iraq war is a distraction from efforts to   stabilize Afghanistan, insisted on Friday allied forces were   making headway against a resurgent Taliban.
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Iraq's most feared terror leader called on his followers Thursday to show patience and prepare for a long struggle against the Americans, promising in an audiotape posted on the Internet that "ferocious wars ... take their time" but victory was assured.
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Seeking to buck up troops amid signs of growing impatience with extended tours of duty, President Bush told Marines yesterday to expect more attacks on US forces in the run-up to next month's Iraqi elections, but assured them that their cause is just and the United States will prevail in establishing a democratic Iraq.
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President Bush defended the Iraq  war before skeptical world leaders on Tuesday, called on them  to help Iraq develop into a democracy and vowed not to retreat  against an insurgency that threatens more violence in the  country.