Bush defends invasion, seeks Canada's support
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- Appealing to an ally that has drifted from America's side, President Bush called on Canada yesterday to recognize the need for preemptive military action in the fight against terror, and said the establishment of a free and democratic Iraq is vital to the North American neighbors regardless of disagreements over the war.
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President Bush engaged in another round of telephone diplomacy Wednesday, calling allies to drum up support for the new government being created in Iraq following last weekend's elections.
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President Bush was traveling to Nova Scotia on Wednesday to give the Canadians a belated &quot;thank you&quot; for helping Americans in their hour of need â- gesture aimed
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President Bush on Tuesday began a  two-day mission to Canada to warm relations chilled over Iraq,  insults to the White House and needling trade disputes.
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President Bush on Tuesday thanked Canadians who waved a welcome to him &quot;with all five fingers&quot; on his first official visit to their country, but he also appeared defensive
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Ottawa, Dec. 1 (NNN) : In a bid to mend fences with the neighbouring country, US President George W Bush is on his first official visit to Canada, where he has been faced by anti-US protests.
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Two years after warning the  United Nations to act against Iraq or risk irrelevancy,  President Bush on Tuesday defended the U.S.-led invasion and  urged skeptical world leaders to help Iraq become a democracy  in the face of a deadly insurgency.
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OTTAWA -- Working to mend the frayed relations between their countries, President Bush and Prime Minister Paul Martin of Canada sought to project a unified front yesterday during Bush's first official visit to Canada, pledging to work together to fight terrorism and promote trade between the neighboring nations.
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UNITED NATIONS -- President Bush stood before an annual gathering of world leaders yesterday and forcefully defended his decision to invade Iraq, urging all nations to join the United States in rooting out terrorism and establishing democracy in place of oppressive regimes.
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ST. LOUIS  - President Bush defended the invasion  of Iraq on Thursday despite a new report rejecting a prime  justification for it, while Democratic challenger John Kerry  said Bush "aggrandized and fictionalized" the threat from Iraqi  leader Saddam Hussein.
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WASHINGTON : President George W Bush Thursday joined a chorus of US-allied leaders in defending the Iraq war from UN chief Kofi Annan&#39;s charge that it was illegal.
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US President George W Bush is due to make his first ever official visit to neighbouring Canada on Tuesday.
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President George W. Bush stopped for a day of neighbourly diplomacy in Canada yesterday. He thanked those &quot;Canadian people who came out to wave - with all five fingers&quot; along his route into Ottawa.
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- President Bush thanked the people of Canadaâs Atlantic provinces on Wednesday for taking in Americans whose flights were diverted there after the Sept.
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US President George W. Bush charmed Canadians yesterday with his kind words for people in Atlantic Canada who opened their hearts and homes to Americans after 9/11.
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White House aides are defending President Bush against new allegations relating to his military service during the Vietnam War, which he served in the United States.
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President Bush and the Czech Republic's leaders on Tuesday defended plans to base part of a U.S. missile shield here despite fierce opposition from Russia.