U.S., Bush denounce slaying in Lebanon
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President Bush denounced Tuesday's assassination of a Lebanese leader as "the vicious face of those who oppose freedom" and said that Syria and Iran are trying to undermine the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Fuad Saniora.
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The White House on Sunday condemned a suicide bombing in Afghanistan that killed up to 80 men and boys, saying it showed US foes there "offer nothing but violence and death."
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President Bush on Tuesday condemned the beheading of American hostage Eugene Armstrong, telling interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, "We will not allow these thugs and terrorists to decide your fate and decide my fate."
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President Bush said Monday that Israel defeated Hezbollah's guerrillas in the monthlong Mideast war and that the Islamic militants were to blame for the deaths of hundreds of Lebanese civilians.
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President Bush said Monday any Mideast cease-fire must prevent Hezbollah from strengthening its grip in southern Lebanon, asserting "it's time to address root causes of problems."
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A somber President Bush said on  Tuesday U.S. troops killed in a deadly attack in northern Iraq  were on a mission of peace as the heavy death toll presented  him with a fresh challenge amid dwindling U.S. support for the  war.
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President George Bush lambasts Middle East nation as 'the world's leading sponsor of state terror'
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President George W. Bush condemned the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Thursday, an act of violence that shredded U.S. hopes for democratic elections in the country that is a key ally in Bush's war on terrorism.
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President Bush said Thursday that Israel has the right to defend itself, as it launched fresh attacks on Lebanon after the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers.
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President Bush declined Thursday to criticize Israel's tactics in its continuing offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon, and gave a sharp condemnation of Iran's role in the bloody fighting.
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President Bush delivered an unapologetic defense of his decision to invade Iraq, telling the United Nations Tuesday that it "helped to deliver the Iraqi people from an outlaw dictator." Later, Bush condemned the beheading of a U.S. hostage by an Islamic militant.
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The White House on Thursday defended President George W. Bush's rare use of a body count to describe Iraqi insurgent deaths as a way to show Americans that U.S. troops are fighting hard in Iraq.
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The White House on Monday condemned  the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri  and said Lebanon should be free to pursue its political future  free of violence and Syrian occupation.
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US President George W. Bush was &quot;saddened&quot; to learn of the death of Egyptian author and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate Nagib Mahfuz, the White House said.
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President George W. Bush on Friday condemned the attacks in Egypt that killed at least 28 people and offered help to the Egyptian government as it seeks those responsible.
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Lebanon's Hezbollah holds a mass funeral for its assassinated commander Imad Moughniyah, one of the United States' most wanted men, in Beirut on Thursday to calls of revenge against its sworn enemy Israel.
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President Bush said Saturday that while the fighting in Lebanon is "painful and tragic," it also presents opportunity for change in the Middle East, a region that has "suffered decades of tyranny and violence."