Bush Says Troops Will Come Home Soon
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President Bush says the U.S. military will pull out of Iraq "as quickly as possible," but he is not endorsing Secretary of State Colin Powell's statement that troops could begin returning home this year.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush will announce tomorrow that he plans to pull 70,000 to 100,000 troops out of Europe and Asia in the first major reconfiguration of overseas military deployments by the United States since the Cold War ended, according to White House officials.
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In this photo released by the White House, President Bush phones US troops from his ranch on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2004, in Crawford, Texas.
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President Bush said he and the Iraqi leader had agreed today to speed the turnover of security responsibility to Iraqi forces and dismissed a call for a gradual withdrawal of troops.
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President Bush, cheered on by Iraq war veterans and their families on the White House's South Lawn, urged lawmakers Tuesday to back his plan to withdraw some troops from Iraq but keep at least 130,000 through next summer or longer.
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ON IRAQ: President Bush acknowledged in a news conference Monday that US-trained Iraqi troops are not ready to take over their country&#39;s security and cautioned that next month&#39;s elections there will be only the beginning of a long process toward democracy
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US President George W. Bush said he looked forward to welcoming Prime Minister Iyad Allawi of Iraq next week, amid election-year worries in the United States about deadly chaos in that war-torn country.
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President Bush is offering an in-person thank-you to U.S. troops next week with a visit to Camp Pendleton in California.
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The US president is to announce troop reductions in Iraq in a speech later this week, the White House says.
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President Bush, in Iraq on Monday, emphasized security gains, sectarian reconciliation and the possibility of a troop withdrawal.
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President Bush is expected to  announce on Monday the withdrawal of about 70,000 troops from  Europe and Asia in a major realignment of the U.S. military  presence to better fight the war on terrorism.
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The U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, has told President George W. Bush he wants to maintain heightened troop levels in Iraq well into next year but could accept the pullback of about 4,000 troops beginning in January, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
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President Bush said Thursday that  elections in Iraq should not be postponed and a 12,000-troop  increase in the U.S. presence there was aimed at bolstering  security before January elections.
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CRAWFORD, Texas, Dec 29  - US President George W. Bush on Wednesday said it was crucial for Iraq&#39;s election to go ahead on January 30 and that a fresh review of security in the country was underway.
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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 on Thursday predicted that a Middle East peace treaty would be completed by the time he leaves office
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President Bush [related, bio] pointedly acknowledged today that US-trained Iraqi troops are not ready to take over their country&#39;s security, and cautioned that next month&#39;s elections there