Bush thanks Marines for Iraq service
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WASHINGTON - President Bush chose a Marine base in southern California â-ne with one of the highest casualty rates in Iraq of any US military base or installation â -thank American troops Tuesday for fighting Iraqi insurgents.
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CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA - US President George W. Bush marked the 63rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor on Tuesday, by speaking to the Marines who have shouldered much of the fight in Iraq.
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US President George Bush pays tribute to US soldiers killed in Iraq as the death toll tops 1,000.
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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 George W. Bush offered praise and prayers yesterday for US troops fighting in Fallujah, as he and first lady Laura Bush visited an Army hospital to meet with soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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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 called Sunday's elections in Iraq a success and promised the United States will continue trying to prepare Iraqis to secure their own country.
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The nation&#39;s commander in chief traveled to Camp Pendleton, Calif., today the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force &quot;for serving our country in a time when we need you.
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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.
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President Bush strongly backed Iraq's prime minister on Thursday, saying Iraqi forces would be trained more quickly to take over security and Washington was not seeking a "graceful exit" for U.S. troops.
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President Bush yesterday renewed the nation's commitment to help victims of last year's Gulf Coast hurricanes and thanked U.S. troops fighting abroad.
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US President George W. Bush on Tuesday visited the Camp Pendleton Marines base in southern California on the 63rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, vowing
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President Bush on Monday applauded what he called a promising sign of political progress by Iraqi leaders who said they had found common ground on some issues standing in the way of reconciliation.
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President Bush told Marines on Tuesday that Iraqi insurgents have suffered a "severe blow" but are not defeated, as he sought to boost U.S. troop morale and prepare the public for a violent run-up to next month's election in Iraq.
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WASHINGTON President George W. Bush on Tuesday presented the government&#39;s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom, to three men closely involved in the planning, execution and immediate aftermath of the Iraq war - and in some of the war&#39;s biggest
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In this photo released by the White House, President Bush phones US troops from his ranch on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2004, in Crawford, Texas.
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President Bush, celebrating his fourth July Fourth as a wartime leader, said Tuesday U.S. troops will overcome persistent violence in Iraq and a rekindled insurgency in Afghanistan because the enemy is vulnerable.