Bush Makes Thanksgiving Calls to Service Members
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President Bush, spending the holiday at the presidential retreat at Camp David, made early morning calls to ten members of the U.S. armed forces Thursday to wish them a happy Thanksgiving and thank them for their service to the nation.
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President Bush yesterday led the United States in celebrating Veterans Day, honoring the millions of servicemen and women who have served their country.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has shared a Christmas Eve dinner with troops in Iraq. On a mission to bring some holiday cheer, Rumsfeld wore a plastic apron as he helped serve food to the troops at a base outside of Baghdad.
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At a menorah-lighting ceremony Thursday on the third night of Hanukkah, President Bush prayed for the safety and quick return of U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq.
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President Bush on Tuesday kicked off  three days of celebrations marking his second-term inauguration  by saluting America's war veterans and working on a speech with  the themes of advancing freedom abroad and "ownership society"  at home.
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President Bush participates in an Iftaar dinner with Ambassadors and Muslim Leaders in observance of Ramadan in the State Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, in Washington.
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President Bush will propose a 3.1 percent pay raise for members of the armed forces and a 2.3 percent increase for civilian federal employees under the fiscal 2006 budget plan the White House will release on Monday.
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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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In a gesture to troops serving unexpectedly long tours in Iraq, President Bush announced an election-year proposal Wednesday to enhance education benefits for active-duty National Guardsmen and reservists.
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President Bush on Monday honored U.S. troops who have fought and died for freedom and expressed his steely resolve to succeed in the war in Iraq. "As before in our history, Americans find ourselves under attack and underestimated," he said.
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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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President Bush for the first time this year included a call for volunteering in his annual 9/11 proclamation.
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President Bush issued a holiday-season call on Americans to volunteer and give to charity &#151; "to share our blessings with the least among us." He singled out for special praise those who have given time and energy to U.S. troops stationed around the world.
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President Bush paid tribute Tuesday to defense workers who help equip U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and also put in a plug for his administration's plans for an anti-missile system as he toured a helicopter factory involved in both missions.
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Cheered by about 7,000 Camp Pendleton troops, President Bush thanked local Marines and sailors and their families Tuesday for their sacrifice during the war in Iraq.
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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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BAGHDAD  - At least 13 Iraqis were killed in a string of Christmas Day shootings and bombings, as US President George W. Bush thanked American soldiers for their sacrifice and for protecting America.