President Bush Defends Iraq Policy
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WASHINGTON Sept. 20, 2004 - President Bush is striking back at John Kerry&#39;s increasingly aggressive criticism on Iraq, asking Americans to stick with him on the war in the face of surging violence there.
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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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President George W. Bush joined a chorus of US-allied leaders in defending the Iraq war from UN chief Kofi Annan's charge that it was illegal.
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President Bush is not contemplating withdrawing forces from Iraq now despite an erosion of support among Republicans for his war policy, the White House said Monday.
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President Bush defended Defense  Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's handling of the Iraq war Monday and  said training Iraqi police and army to take over responsibility  for the country's security from U.S. troops has been difficult.
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WASHINGTON - 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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President George W. Bush has no plans to withdraw troops from Iraq now, the White House said on Monday, despite increasing pressure from members of his own Republican party for a change in war strategy.
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President George W. Bush, confronted by antiwar protesters in Canada, defended his decision to invade Iraq and said the US would always act against threats even if opposed by other nations.
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US President George W. Bush on Wednesday defended again the American invasion of Iraq, saying &quot;the path to safety is the path of action.
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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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President Bush says claims that US troops going to Iraq have  poor armour protection are being addressed.
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resident Bush defended his decision to wage war against Iraq, telling the United Nations today that the country will be a beacon of freedom in the Middle East and that liberty-loving nations should not falter in the face of terrorism.
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President Bush said Friday that if Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry &quot;had his way Saddam Hussein would still be in power&quot; and criticized his rival&#39;s stand on the war.
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President Bush and visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi on Thursday repudiated critics of their plans for Iraq and insisted that progress is being made toward establishing democratic rule in the embattled country.
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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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President Bush, trying to mend relations with Latin America, pledged Sunday to make a fresh push for stalled immigration reforms and defended the U.S. invasion of Iraq, saying that "history will prove it right."
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UNITED NATIONS Sept. 21, 2004 - President Bush, defending his decision to invade Iraq, urged a vast assembly of world leaders Tuesday to stand united with the country&#39;s struggling government and said the