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Bolten Takes Over Amid Tough Times for White House

Joshua Bolten, currently director of the Office of Management and Budget, is replacing Andrew Card as the White House Chief of Staff. Bolten comes in at a tough time for Mr. Bush. The president's approval numbers are at an all-time low, largely because of Iraq. Also, the Republican Congress is increasingly complaining about White House policies in this mid-term election year.

Bolten Takes Over Amid Tough Times for White House

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Bush Accentuates the Positive in War Speeches

President Bush has replaced talk of broad victory with descriptions of limited progress. During a series of speeches this week designed to reverse falling public support, he tries to balance his optimistic message that the mission can succeed with news accounts of a growing insurgency.

Bush Accentuates the Positive in War Speeches

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Troops to Stay in Iraq Beyond Bush Presidency

President Bush held a news conference yesterday, defending his conduct of the war and acknowledging, for the first time, that American troops will likely be in Iraq beyond his presidency.

Troops to Stay in Iraq Beyond Bush Presidency

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Bush Tackles Questions About War, Wiretaps

President Bush holds a news conference during which he defends the war, acknowledges that U.S. troops will likely be in Iraq throughout his presidency, and, in a question about Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold's motion to censure him, practically dares Democrats to run on the wiretap issue in 2006.

Bush Tackles Questions About War, Wiretaps

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Bush Takes Questions on Iraq, Rumsfeld and Wiretapping

President Bush is denying claims that Iraq is in the grips of civil war, while admitting that there is public unease about the U.S. involvement there. Speaking at a White House news conference, the president warned of more tough fighting to come.

Bush Takes Questions on Iraq, Rumsfeld and Wiretapping

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Bush Makes the Case for Progress in Iraq

President Bush says the stabilization of one Iraqi city, once run by insurgents loyal to al Qaeda, gives him confidence in the administration's strategy in Iraq. As the war opened its fourth year, the president took questions at a forum in Cleveland on Monday, urging people to look beyond the bloodshed to see the progress.

Bush Makes the Case for Progress in Iraq

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President Bush Says Signs of Progress in Iraq

On the third anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, President Bush speaks in Ohio about the progress of the conflict and the challenges ahead. He says Americans need to look beyond the violence in Iraq for signs of progress.

President Bush Says Signs of Progress in Iraq

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Iran's Nuclear Ambitions

White House Updates National Security Strategy

The Bush administration unveils an updated version of its National Security Strategy, a document originally issued in 2002 to lay out the White House vision for the war on terrorism. The new version restates the doctrine of pre-emptive war and says Iran may pose an increased threat to the United States.

White House Updates National Security Strategy

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Bush Lauches Campaign to Boost Iraq War

President Bush on Monday gave the first of a series of speeches aimed at bolstering public support of the continued military occupation of Iraq. Alex Chadwick speaks with NPR White House correspondent Don Gonyea about the president’s remarks, and his efforts to reinvigorate flagging public support for the war.

Bush Lauches Campaign to Boost Iraq War

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Bush Urges America to Be Patient with War in Iraq

In the first of what's expected to be a series of speeches, President Bush asks for patience with the war in Iraq. He also asks Americans to see past the violence in media accounts of the war. The White House is hoping the speeches will shore up declining public support for the war.

Bush Urges America to Be Patient with War in Iraq

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Bush Completes Tour of South Asian Nations

President Bush returns from a three-nation tour of South Asia. The trip produced a nuclear deal with India and prompted violent anti-American protests. At a news conference in Islamabad, the president called Pakistan's President Pervez Musahareff a man of courage and vision.

Bush Completes Tour of South Asian Nations

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Bush, Musharraf Discuss Anti-Terrorism Efforts

President Bush's five-day tour of South Asia is coming to an end. In Pakistan, he conferred with President Pervez Musharraf on the war against terrorism amid anti-U.S. protests from Muslim groups.

Bush, Musharraf Discuss Anti-Terrorism Efforts

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President Bush Touts India as an Opportunity

Can India become a key export market instead of a place where U.S. companies send jobs? On a visit to the Indian School of Business in the southern city of Hyderabad, President Bush highlights trade opportunities with a nation of more than 1 billion people.

President Bush Touts India as an Opportunity

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U.S., India Reach Deal on Nuclear Technology

President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announces a deal Thursday that would open most Indian nuclear reactors to international inspections. In exchange, India will get U.S. nuclear technology. Noah Adams talks with Don Gonyea about President Bush's trip and why India will not be pressured to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

U.S., India Reach Deal on Nuclear Technology

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