Bush Shows New Willingness to Reverse Course
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He was against it before he was for it. The same president who mocked the idea of talking with Iran and Syria as recently as two weeks ago is now sending emissaries to a regional conference to talk with Iran and Syria.
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President George W. Bush said on Saturday that America's new strategy had reversed Iraq's descent into mayhem and the United States was on track to complete the withdrawal of 20,000 troops by mid-year.
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In the year since President Bush announced he was changing course in Iraq with a troop "surge" and a new strategy, U.S. military and diplomatic officials have begun their own quiet policy shift. After countless unsuccessful efforts to push Iraqis toward various political, economic and security go...
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Ever since Republicans were routed last month in what was widely seen as a repudiation of his Iraq strategy, President Bush has been busily listing why his policies there will not be changing.
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Bush plans to emphasize building alliances, but without softening the policies that rankled many in his first term.
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Successful in persuading voters not to change leaders in wartime, President Bush faces a second term packed with problems bred in his first, from the need for an exit strategy in Iraq to the prospect of staggering budget deficits at home.
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President Bush basked in the victory of his bid for a second stint in the White House on Wednesday, but struck a conciliatory tone by telling Americans that &quot;a new term is a new opportunity to reach out to the whole nation.
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When President Bush commented during his victory speech, &quot;A new term is a new opportunity to reach out to the whole nation,&quot; he gave hope to the overwhelming majority of Americans who want the nation to return to an era of greater unity and less vicious
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President Bush argued that his plan to begin gradually withdrawing some troops from Iraq was a âreturn on successâ that could be squandered by deeper and speedier reductions.
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As his press conference showed, now that he's a lame duck waging an unpopular war, the President who once cherished his moral clarity is suddenly doing nuance
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If just listening could make policy, then George W. Bush might have found a way forward in Iraq nearly a year ago. After all, this past week is not the first time the White House has mounted a listening offensive to turn things around.
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After months of stubbornly refusing even to consider cutting U.S. troop levels in Iraq, U.S. President George W. Bush has suddenly decided the idea is no longer taboo.
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George W. Bush on Wednesday began his first visit as U.S. president to Israel and the Palestinian territories, saying he saw a new opportunity for peace and that both sides were ready to make tough concessions.
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President Bush opened a round of consultations on Iraq today by reviewing political and diplomatic options with senior State Department officials as part of what he said was an effort to find "a new way forward" in the war-ravaged country.
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While seeking a new course in Iraq, President Bush has not changed his tone about the stakes involved in the war, the importance of victory or his definition of success.
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President Bush said Saturday he is open to the possibility of slowing or stopping plans to bring home more U.S. troops from Iraq, defying domestic demands to speed the withdrawals. Updated on war developments, Bush said the U.S. presence in Iraq will outlast his presidency.
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George W. Bush&#39;s address tonight to the Republican National Convention, accepting his renomination as president, lacks the do-or-die tension his father faced l2 years ago in Houston.