At U.N., Bush Defends Iraq War, Asks for Help
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President Bush defended the Iraq  war before skeptical world leaders on Tuesday, called on them  to help post-Saddam Iraq develop into a democracy and vowed not  to retreat against an insurgency that threatens more violence  in the country.
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Just seven weeks before Election Day, President Bush addresses the United Nations on Tuesday seeking the international community&#39;s help in Iraq for the third time in two years.
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NEW YORK - US President George W. Bush yesterday exhorted world leaders to support Iraq as it attempts the transition to democracy.
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US President George W. Bush defended his call to invade Iraq ahead of a report expected to say that Saddam Hussein did not have the weapons used by the Bush administration to justify the war.
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United States President George Bush was tonight accused of trying to undermine the United Nations by setting up a rival coalition to coordinate relief following the Asian tsunami disaster.
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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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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, fending off Republican demands for his resignation over alleged corruption, said Thursday he will expand U.N. support for Iraqi elections if need be. He said he was not offended that President Bush did not ask to see him during this visit to Washington.
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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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President Bush's ambassador to  the United Nations defended the world body on Wednesday, after  California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said the United States,  not the U.N., was best for democracy.
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Faced with UN chief Kofi Annan's charge that the war in Iraq was &quot;illegal&quot; under the world body's charter, US President George W. Bush strongly implied that the invasion enjoyed UN support.
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Former President Bush on Wednesday defended the Iraq war and swiped at Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, saying most people are grateful that Saddam Hussein is out of power.
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UNITED NATIONS - President Bush defended his decision to invade Iraq in a speech on Tuesday to the United Nations, urging the world community to turn its attention to fighting the war on terrorism and humanitarian concerns.    He told a subdued U.N...
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DERRY, N.H.  - President Bush accused Democrat  John Kerry on Monday of "new contradictions of his old  positions on Iraq" and defended the U.S.-led invasion a day  before addressing skeptical world leaders at the United  Nations.
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Two years after he tried &#151; and failed &#151; to convince the United Nations of the need to go to war in Iraq, President Bush will deliver a strikingly different message when he speaks to the 191-member world body this week.
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Description: On Tuesday President Bush went before the UN General Assembly to deliver an defense of United States policy in Iraq. NPR&#39;s Tavis Smiley talks about the role of the UN with Nancy Soderberg, vice
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The United States and Iraq have issued an appeal at the UN Security Council for more help in establishing a democratically elected government in Baghdad.
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UNITED NATIONS - President Bush delivered an unapologetic defense of his decision to invade Iraq, telling the United Nations Tuesday that his decision "helped to deliver the Iraqi people from an outlaw dictator." He appealed to the world community to join together in supporting the new Iraqi interim government.    Bush's speech to the U.N...