Bush pleads for more patience for Iraq war
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - 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 admitted on Thursday his troop buildup in Iraq had made limited progress but said he would wait for a September security report before considering a change of course.
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President George W. Bush said on Thursday he was not satisfied with political progress in Iraq but insisted its government was making some advances.
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MARTINSBURG, W.Va., July 4 -- President Bush warned Wednesday that the Iraq war "will require more patience, more courage and more sacrifice," as he appealed to a war-weary public for time and sought to link today's conflict to the storied Revolutionary battles that gave birth to the nation.
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MARTINSBURG, W.Va.  -- President Bush on Wednesday defended the U.S. military buildup in Iraq in a patriotic Fourth of July speech, saying victory will require ''more patience, more courage and more sacrifice.''.
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President George W. Bush,   seeking to fend off growing election-year discontent with the   Iraq war, said on Thursday his wars in Iraq and against   terrorism were keeping Americans safe.
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President Bush on Wednesday urged  Iraqis to defy insurgents and vote in Sunday's elections and he  lowered turnout expectations on the deadliest day for U.S.  forces since the Iraq invasion 22 months ago.
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Under intense pressure to change course, President Bush on Tuesday rejected suggestions Iraq has fallen into civil war and vowed not to pull U.S. troops out "until the mission is complete."
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President Bush says Iraqi forces are still not ready to take over security, following a deadly double bombing.
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CLEVELAND, July 10 -- President Bush pushed back Tuesday against demands from Republican lawmakers to outline a new war strategy, urging them to hold their fire until Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, delivers a progress report in September.
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President George W. Bush will delay announcing a new Iraq strategy until the new year, the White House said on Tuesday amid polls showing Americans are more pessimistic about the war and want a change.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's most feared terrorist leader urged his followers yesterday to be patient 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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President Bush said Monday the Iraq war is "straining the psyche of our country" but leaving now would be a disaster.
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MARTINSBURG, W.Va., July 4 -- President Bush gave an Independence Day pep talk to West Virginia National Guard members and their families Wednesday, telling them victory in Iraq "will require more patience, more courage and more sacrifice."
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US President George W Bush says he will not be rushed into deciding how to change his Iraq policy.
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On the deadliest day of the Iraq war this year, President Bush told newly empowered House Democrats there are limits to how long the United States will stay committed to the bloody conflict.
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on Thursday he was not satisfied with political progress in Iraq but insisted the Iraqi government was making some advances.