Bush defends Iraq strategy delay
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US President George W Bush says he will not be rushed into deciding how to change his Iraq policy.
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President Bush said Saturday he is open to the possibility of slowing or stopping plans to bring home more U.S. troops from Iraq, defying domestic demands to speed the withdrawals. Updated on war developments, Bush said the U.S. presence in Iraq will outlast his presidency.
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US President George W. Bush on Thursday defended his decision to go to war against the &quot;unique threat&quot; of Iraq, despite an official US report that Baghdad did not have weapons of mass destruction, as a Shiite militia pledged to disarm.
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine -- President Bush, who faces mounting congressional pressure to end the war, yesterday called for patience as US forces conduct stepped-up operations in Iraq.
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WASHINGTON Under continuing fire for his Iraq policies, President George W. Bush defended his approach Tuesday in firm and unapologetic tones, telling international dignitaries at the United Nations that ââthe proper response to difficulty is not to
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MARTINSBURG, W.Va.  -- President Bush on Wednesday defended the U.S. military buildup in Iraq in a patriotic Fourth of July speech, saying victory will require ''more patience, more courage and more sacrifice.''.
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President Bush, pressed by Democrats for an exit strategy from Iraq, will not give a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal but stress in his State of the Union speech the need to train Iraqi forces to take over security, the White House said on Monday.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended the Baghdad government's mixed report card against critics in Congress on Friday, saying the Bush administration needs another two months to find a "coherent way forward" in Iraq.
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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 defended his Iraq war policy in a patriotic Fourth of July talk, saying that while he honors the sacrifice of U.S. troops, now is not the time to bring them home.
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President Bush is going on the offensive against growing Republican defections against his war strategy in Iraq. He scheduled a news conference Thursday to urge Congress to give his plan time to work.
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President Bush said on Thursday a new strategy was required in Iraq but he would await further reviews beyond the scathing Iraq Study Group report before determining a new way forward.
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The White House staunchly defended its Iraq policy Tuesday as new questions emerged about President Bush's prewar decisions and postwar planning: An impending weapons report undercut the administration's main rationale for the war, and the former head of the American occupation said the United States had too few troops in Iraq after the invasion.
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The chairmen of the Iraq Study Group on Sunday defended their report against critics as a "responsible way" forward, while President George W. Bush prepares to unveil his new strategy later this month.
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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, pressed by Democrats  for an exit strategy from Iraq, will not give a timetable for a  U.S. withdrawal but stress in his State of the Union speech the  need to train Iraqi forces to take over security, the White  House said on Monday.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio  - President George W. Bush on Tuesday brushed aside the criticism of fellow Republicans over Iraq and demanded the U.S. Congress allow his troop buildup more time to work.