Summary: Bush Seeks Patience on Iraq
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ELECTIONS IN IRAQ: At a news conference, President Bush urged Iraqis to defy terrorists and vote in Sunday's election. He also sought patience from anxious Americans as a Marine helicopter crash pushed the U.S. death toll above 1,400.
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While many in Congress are pushing President Bush to alter course in Iraq by September if not sooner, his new status report on the war strongly implies that the administration believes its military strategy will take many more months to meet its goals.
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President Bush said that he was prepared to slow or even halt further reductions of forces, emphasizing that any decision depended on security and the stability of the Iraqi government.
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President Bush said Saturday that Iraqis are sacrificing dearly to secure their country, trying to underscore that the U.S. is not bearing the toll alone.
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Patience with Iraq's prime minister is running out among most everyone, except George W. Bush.
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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 said the enemy in Iraq is "far from being defeated," but he vowed not to be rushed into adjusting his strategy and gave little indication that he intends to veer sharply from the direction his war policies have taken.
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President Bush defended the Iraq  war before skeptical world leaders on Tuesday, called on them  to help post-Saddam Iraq develop into a democracy and vowed not  to retreat against an insurgency that threatens more violence  in the country.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 19 -- President Bush pushed back hard this afternoon against pressure from GOP ranks to outline a new strategy on Iraq, urging lawmakers to hold their fire until the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus, makes a progress report in September.
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Fortified by his victory at the polls, President George W. Bush now faces pressing, unfinished business in Iraq where US forces are poised to storm insurgent strongholds to clear the way for January elections.
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Congressional leaders displayed eroding patience in the Iraqi government on Sunday, adding pressure on President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to find a faster path to peace when they meet this week.
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on Thursday he would wait until after he receives a full Iraq progress report in September before making any decisions on the course of U.S. strategy in the war.
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US President George W Bush asks for patience over Iraq - hailing Israel as a model for defining success there.
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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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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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President Bush began his post-Christmas vacation Sunday contemplating a hefty second-term agenda on both global and domestic fronts, including expectations of continued violence against U.S. troops in Iraq.
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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.