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Bush Defends Iraq Effort; Cites Bin Laden, Security

President Bush acknowledges a difficult road ahead, but in a speech which sought to link success in Iraq with the 9/11 terrorist attacks, he set no timetable for a possible withdrawal of U.S. troops. Bush spoke in primetime from Fort Bragg, N.C.

Bush Defends Iraq Effort; Cites Bin Laden, Security

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Bush Hopes to Bolster U.S. Support for Iraq War

Madeleine Brand talks with NPR White House correspondent Don Gonyea about Tuesday night's address by President Bush on the administration's Iraq policy. The president is trying to regain public support for the Iraq war, which opinion polls indicate has become mostly unfavorable.

Bush Hopes to Bolster U.S. Support for Iraq War

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Vietnam Premier Makes Historic Visit to U.S.

President Bush's meeting today with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai -- the first-ever visit by a leader of the communist government since South Vietnam fell to Viet Cong forces at the end of the Vietnam War 30 years ago. The two are scheduled to discuss Vietnamese human rights, religious freedom and world trade.

Vietnam Premier Makes Historic Visit to U.S.

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Bush to Stress Iraq, War on Terror

President Bush tells reporters he would be giving new emphasis to the war in Iraq in his public statements, explaining the need for American perseverance in the face of the continuing insurgency there. The president also defended U.S. policy on the treatment of detainees in the wider war on terrorism.

Bush to Stress Iraq, War on Terror

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Bush Urges Domestic, Alternative Energy Sources

President Bush says it's time for Congress to do something about high oil prices and dependence on foreign oil. Speaking at an energy conference, the president urged increasing incentives for domestic production, alternative energy research and for buying hybrid vehicles.

Bush Urges Domestic, Alternative Energy Sources

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Bush, Blair at Odds on African Aid, Global Warming

President Bush met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the White House Tuesday. They discussed aid for Africa and global warming, subjects on which they disagree. Bush pledged an additional $674 million for famine relief in Africa, but it's far less than what Blair was seeking.

Bush, Blair at Odds on African Aid, Global Warming

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Prime Minister Blair Visits Bush at the White House

British Prime Minister Tony Blair visits Washington Tuesday to meet with President Bush. The two leaders are united in their commitment to Iraq, but their relationship may be strained over Blair's proposals to fight global warming and increased aid to Africa.

Prime Minister Blair Visits Bush at the White House

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White House Plays Hardball with Critics

A recent report from Amnesty International got the White House's attention by comparing the U.S. detention center at Guatanamo Bay, Cuba, to Soviet prison camps. The administration denounced the report's contents and the organization that produced it.

White House Plays Hardball with Critics

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First Bush Veto on Horizon?

Not since the early years of the republic has a president been in office as long as President George W. Bush without vetoing even one bill. But this remarkable record of collaboration between the branches may be at its end with the issue of stem cell research winning favor in Congress.

First Bush Veto on Horizon?

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President Bush Praises Democracy in Georgia

President Bush concludes his European trip in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. In the capital city of Tbilisi, the president spoke before tens of thousands of cheering people. He praised democratic reforms Georgia and its young leader Mikhail Saakashvili are undertaking.

President Bush Praises Democracy in Georgia

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Bush Crisscrosses Former Soviet Union

President Bush and other world leaders joined Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow's Red Square Monday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. Bush wraps up his five-day trip with a stop in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, where the "Rose Revolution" diminished Russian influence.

Bush Crisscrosses Former Soviet Union

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