The President Asserted Progress on Security and Political Issues. Recent Reports Weren't Often So Upbeat.
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In his speech last night, President Bush made a case for progress in Iraq by citing facts and statistics that at times contradicted recent government reports or his own words.
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President Bush on Monday embraced the new leadership in Iraq as a turning point in the war but claimed only gradual progress in years of fighting and acknowledged that Americans are uneasy about the outcome.
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The nation&#39;s economy is growing, President Bush told attendees on the second day of a White House economic conference, but work remains to be done on Social Security, the deficit and what the president called &quot;fiscal restraint.
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New information about President Bush&#39;s military record reveal he fell short of his military obligations and received favorable treatment at the National Guard.
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First the good: The rather extraordinary bump President Bush received after the Republican convention appears to have been just that, a bump.
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The security situation in Iraq is challenging and attacks could increase in coming months, a U.S. progress report said on Thursday as President George W. Bush faces rising pressure to shift course in the unpopular war.
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Lest there was any doubt, events of the past week have reinforced the image of a president heading into a new term with all the markings of a high-wire act.
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Some US troops could be sent home if security conditions improve, president says.
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NEW YORK -- President Bush said Wednesday that Afghanistan is becoming a safer, more stable country, thanks to the efforts of President Hamid Karzai.
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President Bush stopped short of a formal recognition of independence in his comments on Monday.
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Despite an appearance at the United Nations that was friendlier and more optimistic than any of his previous speeches to the world body
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on Friday that the U.S. economy was on solid footing despite a weak employment report, and gave no hint of what his administration may have in store to bolster growth.
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The president faces an array of challenges on issues from warrantless wiretaps to military tribunals.
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Faced with a harshly critical new report, President Bush conceded Thursday that Iraq did not have the stockpiles of banned weapons he had warned of before the invasion last
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Under pressure to show improvement in the U.S. economy, President Bush on Friday welcomed the news that 144,000 jobs were created in August as evidence his policies were working at the start of his post-convention drive to the Nov. 2 election.
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On the hurricane's first anniversary - and near 9/11's fifth - the president highlights progress and acknowledges challenges.
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Wading into a potential political minefield, President George W. Bush yesterday pledged to improve conditions for National Guard personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan and said