Bush urges Congress to wait for Iraq report
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President George W. Bush, facing Democratic pressure to begin pulling U.S. troops from Iraq, urged Congress on Friday to wait for a crucial assessment of his strategy before making any judgments about the war.
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President Bush says he understands US upset on Iraq but says Congress must allow time for the "surge" to work.
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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.
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US senators challenge US President George W Bush over his response to an interim report on Iraq progress.
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President George W. Bush is likely to delay the unveiling of a new strategy for Iraq until early 2007, instead of late this year as originally planned, a White House official said on Tuesday.
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President George W. Bush will delay announcing a new strategy for Iraq 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 forced Congress to back down from deadlines for troop withdrawals from Iraq. On Thursday, he scheduled a news conference to talk about the unpopular war and the relentless violence.
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U.S. President George W. Bush acknowledged on Thursday his Iraq strategy had made limited progress but said he would wait for a September security report before considering a change of course.
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President Bush plans to wait until early next year to announce a new strategy for Iraq, dropping his previous goal of addressing the nation before Christmas to stake out a fresh course based on several studies, the White House said today.
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The White House is ready to ask Congress for more money for President Bush's plan &#151; already hotly debated &#151; to send 21,500 new combat troops into Iraq.
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President Bush said Thursday that  Iraq's scheduled Jan. 30 elections should not be postponed  despite calls by some Iraqi politicians for a delay to improve  security against a deadly insurgency.
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President Bush was briefed on a bipartisan panel's findings on Iraq on Tuesday but the White House doubted the group's report would provide a "magic bullet" to quickly resolve the Iraq war.
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President Bush said today that he was right to order the invasion of Iraq last year despite a new report by his chief U.S. weapons inspector that shows the country did not possess the weapons of mass destruction that were the original rationale for the war.
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U.S. President George W. Bush is preparing to ask Congress for as much as $50 billion in additional funding for the war in Iraq, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a White House official.
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US President George W Bush urges politicians to stop stalling and back a law to overhaul intelligence.
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The White House challenges a report for Congress saying Iraq has met few targets used to measure progress.
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President Bush faces the question of whether he is ready to embrace the spirit of the Iraq Study Group report and produce a new approach of his own.