Bush says no shift on Iraq
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U.S. President George W. Bush acknowledged on Thursday his Iraq strategy had made only limited progress but put off considering a change of course in the unpopular war until a crucial September report.
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HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii  - President George W. Bush said on Saturday his resolve to press ahead with the effort to stabilize Iraq was as strong as ever, the latest indication he is unlikely to call for a major change in strategy when he delivers a report to Congress next week.
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President Bush says a deadly attack on US forces that left at least 22 dead will not derail plans for Iraqi elections.
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Bush has no plans to add troops in Iraq, but questions persist about whether the US force has been big enough.
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President Bush says there is no need to hold anyone in his administration accountable for what has happened in Iraq because the voters have already spoken.
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President Bush's choice for the new army chief of staff denies that current US policy on Iraq has failed.
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President Bush knows the general direction he wants to move U.S. policy on Iraq but won't announce it until next month, the White House said Tuesday. Military commanders were recommending more U.S. advisers and equipment for Iraqi forces, said a defense specialist.
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President Bush said on Tuesday the hand of al Qaeda lay behind sectarian violence racking Iraq, and he would not pull troops out "before the mission is complete".
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Rebuffing Congress, President Bush on Tuesday said he would not give in to ever-mounting calls to start drawing U.S. troops home from Iraq
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US President George W. Bush would not be pressured into withdrawing from Iraq the way previous US administrations had pulled out of Lebanon and Somalia and failed to send troops to Rwanda, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said today.
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President Bush backs his policy on Iraq, despite confirmation that Saddam Hussein did not have WMD.
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President George W. Bush admitted on Thursday his troop buildup in Iraq 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 said today he has no intention of sending U.S. forces into Iran, but he vowed to "respond firmly" if Iran steps up a campaign that the United States charges is aimed at killing U.S. troops and derailing democracy in Iraq.
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LOUISVILLE, Kentucky  - President George W. Bush kept up the pressure on the Democratic-controlled U.S. Congress on Friday to set aside misgivings about his troop buildup and fully fund U.S. forces in Iraq.
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President Bush Thursday flatly ruled out any delay in Iraqi elections scheduled for Jan. 30 despite the unrelenting insurgency, rejecting Sunni Muslim boycott threats and casting the vote as a critical step toward bringing U.S. troops home.
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President Bush said the finding that Iraq had no illicit arms at the time of the invasion in no way undermined his decision to go to war.
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President Bush said on Wednesday  that he saw no need right now to bolster U.S. troop levels in  Iraq and that the U.S.-led offensive in Falluja was going well.