Bush Defends Iraq Decisions in Canada
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President Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin sought on Tuesday to mend fences after four years of strained relations between the two neighbors aggravated by the US-led war on Iraq.
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HALIFAX (CP) - Fresh from his first inspection of the charred insides of HMCS Chicoutimi, federal Conservative Leader Stephen Harper said Saturday he has reservations about possibly sending Canadian troops to Iraq as part of post-war reconstruction.
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US President George W. Bush was to launch a series of speeches, helped by world leader visits, to defend the unpopular war in Iraq two months before key US elections.
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The former U.S. administrator in Iraq on Tuesday defended American actions there &#151; a day after faulting troop strength following the ouster of Saddam Hussein.
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President Bush defended the US decision to invade Iraq in a United Nations General Assembly address Tuesday in which he also urged the world community to fight terrorism and promote democracy.
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UNITED NATIONS - President Bush unapologetically defended his decision to invade Iraq and asked skeptical world leaders on Tuesday to do more to help secure and rebuild the country.
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President George W. Bush, left, walks with Canada&#39;s Prime Minister Paul Martin at the Parliament Building before their meeting in Ottawa, Canada, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004.
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President Bush said Thursday that he believes he made the right decision to invade Iraq and thinks voters will not deny him a second term even if they disagree with the war.
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UNITED NATIONS -- President Bush stood before an annual gathering of world leaders yesterday and forcefully defended his decision to invade Iraq, urging all nations to join the United States in rooting out terrorism and establishing democracy in place of oppressive regimes.
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Despite Canada's opposition to the Iraq war, the government also is opposing the U.S. deserters' refugee applications, saying the soldiers are not persecuted. It is resisting the argument that the Iraq war is illegal.
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President Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq on Monday, using the war zone as a backdrop to argue his case that the buildup of U.S. troops is helping stabilizing the nation.
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President Bush defended Defense  Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's handling of the Iraq war on 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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UNITED NATIONS (CP) - President George W. Bush defended his Iraq invasion Tuesday in a speech to the United Nations as he called on the world body to do more to help the chaotic country and establish a fund to spread democracy elsewhere.
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President Bush said Thursday that many of his friends have doubts about the U.S. role in Iraq but he believes he made the right decision to invade and thinks voters will not deny him a second term even if they disagree with the war.
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President Bush and other senior administration officials yesterday defended their decision to invade Iraq despite errors in prewar intelligence, echoing findings in a draft report by the top
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MARK COLVIN: The United States President, George Bush, has been defending his invasion of Iraq before the UN General Assembly. The President, who&#39;s been making speeches recently to wildly cheering supporters
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Prime Minister Paul Martin reaffirmed Ottawa's stance that it will not commit troops to Iraq, saying Canada should instead play a role where it can "make a substantial difference." Martin, who made the comments ...