Bush in Independence Day plea for war patience
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MARTINSBURG, West Virginia  - U.S. President George W. Bush, trying to tap into Independence Day patriotism to rally support for an unpopular war, appealed on Wednesday for American patience and resolve in Iraq.
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President Bush marked the "terrible events" of the Sept. 11 attacks with quiet observances of the third anniversary Saturday and a new call to arms against terrorists who might seek to harm the nation.
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President Bush on Monday honored U.S. troops who have fought and died for freedom and expressed his steely resolve to succeed in the war in Iraq. "As before in our history, Americans find ourselves under attack and underestimated," he said.
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President Bush pleaded for Americans' patience Wednesday on what he conceded was "a very discouraging day" of death and violence for U.S. troops in Iraq. He urged Iraqis to defy terrorist threats and vote in Sunday's elections.
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President Bush on Wednesday urged  Iraqis to defy insurgents by voting in Sunday's elections and  said Americans who see the violence as "very discouraging"  should focus on long-term U.S. goals in the region.
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Iraq's most feared terror leader called on his followers Thursday to show patience and prepare for a long struggle against the Americans, promising in an audiotape posted on the Internet that "ferocious wars ... take their time" but victory was assured.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush marked the "terrible events" of the Sept. 11 attacks with quiet observances of the third anniversary Saturday and a new call to arms against terrorists who might seek to harm the nation...
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President Bush, a self-proclaimed  war president, on Tuesday opened three days of celebrations  marking his inauguration with a flag-waving tribute to  America's war veterans and those who have fallen in combat in  Iraq and Afghanistan.
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President George W. Bush and his generals appealed on Friday for more time to allow his troop increase to work in Iraq, but a U.S. Senate ally said September was still pivotal for evaluating the strategy.
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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 Bush, scorned by many in  Canada for the Iraq war, will hark back on Wednesday to help  given after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as an example of a  close relationship between two neighbors that do not always see  eye to eye.
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President Bush on Wednesday urged  Iraqis to defy insurgents and vote in Sunday's elections and he  lowered turnout expectations on the deadliest day for U.S.  forces since the Iraq invasion 22 months ago.
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President Bush said Saturday he understands that Americans are disturbed by persistent scenes of bloodshed and turmoil nearly four years after the war began, but promised he is helping to put Iraq "on a solid path to liberty and democracy."
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US President George W. Bush, urging deeply divided voters to give him four more years in the White House, attacked his Democratic rival Thursday and defended the wars he waged in Iraq and Afghanistan after the September 11 attacks.
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President Bush, visiting America&#039;s most hallowed military burial ground to &quot;honor this place where valor sleeps,&quot; said Monday the nation must persevere in the war against terrorists for the sake of those have already given their lives in this cause.
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President Bush, enthusiastically welcomed as the first U.S. president in this former communist nation, served notice Sunday he is running out of patience with Russia's objections to independence for neighboring Kosovo.
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President Bush, visiting America&#039;s most hallowed military burial ground to &quot;honor this place where valor sleeps,&quot; said Monday the nation must persevere in the war against terrorists for the sake of those have already given their lives in the cause.