Bush hails Iraq's political deal
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The US president welcomes a deal between Iraq's Shia, Sunni and Kurdish leaders aimed at forging unity.
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An all-party security meeting held in Iraq after two days of extreme violence is a success, says the president.
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President Bush had a nearly hour-long secure video teleconference with Iraqi leaders on Monday and came away impressed and reassured by the progress they're making on political, security and economic reforms, the White House said.
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US President George W Bush tells Democrats he welcomes debate in a conciliatory speech on Iraq.
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President Bush also hailed the election as a signal that Iraqis had rejected the extremist ideologies and terrorism that have threatened to unravel both U.S. policy and Iraq.
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President Bush and Senate   Republicans hammered out a deal on Thursday for interrogating   and trying foreign terrorism suspects, and Bush hailed it for   preserving his program for CIA questioning of detainees.
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US President George W. Bush said he looked forward to welcoming Prime Minister Iyad Allawi of Iraq next week, amid election-year worries in the United States about deadly chaos in that war-torn country.
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President Bush congratulated Iraqi candidates who were victorious in final voting results announced Sunday and said the United States and its allies should be proud for making the election possible.
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President Bush said today that United States troops would not leave Iraq âbefore the job is doneâ and the country is free and stable.
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US President George W. Bush on Sunday hailed an agreement by the Paris Club of creditor nations to cancel 80 percent of Iraq&#39;s debt and called on other nations to join in as well.
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The move marked a major agreement among the countryâs ethnic and sectarian political blocs on one of Iraqâs most divisive issues.
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US President George W. Bush expressed on Monday confidence in Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, who has been under increasing criticism for his handlingof Iraq from lawmakers.
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President Bush signed a bill Friday to pay for military operations in Iraq after a bitter struggle with Democrats in Congress who sought unsuccessfully to tie the money to U.S. troop withdrawals.
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President Bush reported progress in Iraq Friday, after hearing Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki brief him on steps being taken by the government in Baghdad. "We appreciate the fact that he's beginning to meet the benchmarks that he set out for his people," Bush said.
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SANTIAGO, Nov 21  - US President George W. Bush on Sunday welcomed newly scheduled Iraq elections and a deal to shave billions of dollars off the war-torn country&#39;s debt, calling on all creditors to follow suit.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on Friday praised the peace deal that ended fighting in Iraq's holy city of Najaf and said the presence of U.S. forces in the area helped make it possible.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell praised the peace deal that ended fighting in Iraq&#39;s holy city, Najaf, and said Friday that the presence of US forces in the area helped make it possible.