Bush Thanks Troops, Political Supporters
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President Bush launched his inaugural celebrations on Tuesday by thanking two groups that played major roles in his election to a second term &#151; the military that prosecuted the war in Iraq and his most ardent and generous political supporters.
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FORT JACKSON, South Carolina  - Issuing an upbeat new assessment of an unpopular war in Iraq, President George W. Bush hailed reduced violence and declining U.S. casualties as signs that a troop buildup was working.
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Both presidential campaigns yesterday pledged support to US servicemen and women in Iraq - and took swipes at each other â-n response to Post columnist Steve Dunleavy&#39;s impassioned farewell to his Iraq-bound GI son.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush's plan to call tens of thousands of U.S. troops home from Europe and Asia could gain him election-year applause from military families, but won't ease the strain on soldiers still battling violent factions in Iraq and Afghanistan...
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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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Approval of President George W. Bush's handling of the Iraq war has risen, according to a poll released on Wednesday on the eve of a speech by Bush in which he is expected to endorse a plan for a gradual troop withdrawal.
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President Bush paused on Veterans Day to honor the "hidden heroes" in America's military who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan during his presidency and in wars past. He also paid tribute to soldiers he said are waging a winning battle against insurgents west of Baghdad.
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President Bush, a self-proclaimed  war president, on Tuesday opened three days of celebrations  marking his inauguration with a flag-waving tribute to  America's war veterans and those who have fallen in combat in  Iraq and Afghanistan.
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President George W. Bush announced measures to help the families of US reservists who are deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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President Bush drew great applause during his State of the Union address last month when he called on Congress to allow U.S. troops to transfer their unused education benefits to family members. "Our military families serve our nation, they inspire our nation, and tonight our nation honors them," he...
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President Bush, cheered on by Iraq war veterans and their families on the White House's South Lawn, urged lawmakers Tuesday to back his plan to withdraw some troops from Iraq but keep at least 130,000 through next summer or longer.
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President Bush praised Pakistan&#39;s military after a meeting in the Oval Office with its president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, even though its army is pulling out
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OTTAWA (CBS) President Bush was traveling Wednesday to Nova Scotia to give the Canadians a belated &quot;thank you&quot; for helping Americans in the aftermath of the Sept.
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President Bush celebrated his re-election Wednesday by outlining an ambitious second-term agenda and telling Sen. John Kerry&#39;s backers: &quot;I will need your support, and I will work to earn it.
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he saw signs of progress in Iraq on both the military and political fronts and again held out the possibility of a reduction in U.S. troop levels.
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The governments of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan  welcome  President Bush's re-election.
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BUSH: Well, first of all, the &#151; we are making good progress in training the Iraqi troops. There will be 125,000 of them trained by election time.