Bush Signals Steadfast Approach to Iraq in Second Term
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The president also appeared to retreat from a key element of his re-election appeal to social conservatives, a gay-marriage ban.
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he saw signs of progress in Iraq and the possibility of a troop reduction as staunch ally Australia pledged not to withdraw its soldiers.
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President Bush is piling up strategy sessions on Iraq, aiming to reverse the course of the war and energize his final two years in office.
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President Bush said Tuesday his decision to send more troops to Baghdad is yielding "gradual but important" progress in Iraq. He portrayed himself as steadfast while Democrats squabble over strategy.
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President Bush backs his policy on Iraq, despite confirmation that Saddam Hussein did not have WMD.
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WASHINGTONâUS President George W. Bush used a timely and symbolic visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi yesterday to reaffirm his determination to stay the course in Iraq and turn chaos into stability in time for elections early next year.
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President Bush, who faces mounting congressional pressure to end the war, called Saturday for patience as U.S. forces conduct stepped-up operations in Iraq.
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President George W Bush says he will work with congressional leaders to find a way forward for the US in Iraq.
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NEW YORK - President Bush was reaching out to Americans to keep him on the job, recalling the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks "when one era ended and another began," and offering himself as a resolute wartime commander in chief with ambitious plans for a second term...
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President Bush, declaring victory in the 2004 election, sketched out a second-term agenda on Wednesday even supporters conceded would be tough to achieve
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President Bush is striking twin themes for a second term, vowing to fight hard for his political agenda while reaching across the aisle to Democrats.
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Bush plans to emphasize building alliances, but without softening the policies that rankled many in his first term.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush said yesterday that the United States "will respond firmly" if Iran escalates military action in Iraq and endangers American forces. But Bush emphasized he has no intention of invading Iran.
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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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A confident, lighthearted President Bush vowed on Thursday to move quickly and vigorously to enact the ambitious agenda he set out during the campaign, saying &quot;the people made it clear what they wanted.
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President Bush said Tuesday that a plan to bolster Iraqi security forces in Baghdad will better address the violence there as he pledged to be a "strong partner" with Iraq's new democratic government.
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President George W. Bush was to lay out his plans for a second term after Democratic rival John Kerry conceded defeat in their White House race, Bush's spokesman said.