White House still stands by Rumsfeld
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WASHINGTON, Dec 17  - For the third time this week, the White House on Friday expressed support for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in the face of criticisms from several prominent Republicans.
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President Bush remains intent on deploying a multibillion-dollar shield as an &quot;important deterrent&quot; against ballistic missile attack, the White House said on Thursday, a
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The White House said Wednesday that it would expect Japan to keep supporting US-led military operations in Afghanistan despite the resignation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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President George W. Bush has asked Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to stay on in Bush&#39;s second term to keep running the Iraq war and adapting the US military to face post-Cold War threats like terrorism, a senior Bush
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The White House gave a new vote of confidence on Friday to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld amid growing criticism of him from members of President Bush&#39;s own Republican Party.
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The White House said Monday that President Bush had asked his chief of staff, Andrew H. Card Jr., to stay on in Mr. Bush&#39;s second term and that Mr.
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US President George W. Bush expressed on Monday confidence in Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, who has been under increasing criticism for his handlingof Iraq from lawmakers.
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The White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush remains &quot;firmly committed&quot; to a missile defense system, even though the first full flight test of the system in two years failed.
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The White House insisted on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is committed to the US-backed road map Middle East peace plan, despite his comments in a newspaper interview that suggested otherwise.
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President Bush has asked Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to stay in his job and Rumsfeld has agreed to do so, a senior Bush administration official said on Friday.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, whose future has been in doubt amid spreading violence and U.S. deaths in Iraq, was asked by President Bush on Friday to remain at the Pentagon in the administration's second term, a senior official said.
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George Bush defended his embattled Pentagon chief, Donald Rumsfeld, yesterday by praising his conduct during the war in Iraq and his compassion for US troops.
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The White House on Wednesday defended its response to disclosures about the CIA's destruction of videotapes that showed harsh interrogations of two terrorism suspects.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said  on Monday he had agreed to stay in his job and hoped U.S.  troops would be pulled out of Iraq during the Bush  administration's second four-year term.
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Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld blasted the White House today for not providing him with full body armor for his acrimonious question-and-answer session with troops in Kuwait this week, saying that the lack of body armor put him in a potentially
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Having won a two-month reprieve from Congress to demonstrate progress in Iraq, the White House does not intend to give up on trying to forge a grand political bargain among Iraq's sectarian leaders, even though such a deal has proved elusive since the 2003 invasion, administration officials said.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is staying on the job for President Bush&#39;s second term. A senior administration official says the president asked Rumsfeld to stay on at the Pentagon and the secretary agreed.