Bush makes surprise visit to Iraq
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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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US President George W. Bush was to welcome Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi to the White House, hoping to reassure worried US voters six weeks before the election that the Iraq war was worth it.
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Condoleezza Rice has made a surprise visit to the northern Iraq city of Kirkuk, a day after the US appeared to give tacit approval to the bombing of rebel Kurdish bases by Turkish jets.
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Donald Rumsfeld made a surprise Christmas Eve visit to American troops in Mosul, three days after a suicide bombing at a United States army base in the northern Iraqi city left 22 dead.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld made a surprise visit to Iraq today, as two car bombs shook Baghdad, killing at least 10 people, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
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President Bush meets with Iraqi interim President Ghazi al-Yawar, Monday, Dec. 6, 2004, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
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Fresh from a surprise trip to Iraq, US President George W. Bush arrived in Australia late Tuesday for an Asia-Pacific summit and a series of one-on-one meetings with world leaders.
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The President learned something on his surprise Iraq trip: troop morale in Anbar Province may be high, but they are tired
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw  made a surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday, with violence and  kidnapping overshadowing plans for elections in January.
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President Bush and his top national security advisers visited Iraq today, a week before Gen. David H. Petraeus is scheduled to deliver his assessment.
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President Bush traveled to the State Department today as part of a round of consultations over how to reshape Iraq policy.
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CAMP PENDLETON, California President George W. Bush made an emotional visit to the Marine base that has been home to nearly a sixth of all the US troops killed in Iraq.
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President Roh Moo-hyun made a surprise visit Wednesday to northern Iraq where 3,600 South Korean troops are helping rebuild the violence-wracked country, his office said.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair made a surprise trip today to Baghdad for talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. Blair&#39;s trip to Baghdad wasn&#39;t announced in advance for security reasons.
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Description: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld pays a surprise visit to troops in Iraq, landing first at the US base near Mosul where an insurgent attack three days ago killed 22 people.
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After a lightning visit to Iraq, U.S. President George W. Bush arrives in Australia on Tuesday where he can expect anti-Iraq war protests as he attends an Asia-Pacific leaders' summit in Sydney.
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President Bush flirted with the idea that U.S. troop strength in Iraq could be reduced during a whirlwind visit to Anbar Province on his way to an Asia-Pacific summit at which the debate over the war seemed sure to follow him.