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Reports that United States President George W. Bush acknowledged that prewar intelligence on Iraq was flawed, but nevertheless defended his decision to go to war. Bush reacted to a Senate report criticizing the intelligence agencies for making the public believe Iraq was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction; Bush asserted that Saddam Hussein posed a threat to the U.S. and other nations.

The article reports that U.S. President George W. Bush sharply criticized Democrats who have accused him of misleading the nation about the threat from Iraq's weapons programs. During a Veterans Day speech in Pennsylvania, Bush called their criticism irresponsible and suggested that Democrats were undermining the war effort. It is the author's view that the speech was Bush's most aggressive effort to date to counter the charge that he had justified taking the United States to war by exaggerating prewar intelligence. Excerpts from Bush's speech are included in the article. The author suggests that critics of Bush have deepened his political woes by helping to sow doubts about his credibility.

The article reports on the announcement of President George W. Bush about the improvement of Iraqi police and armed forces that could reduce American troops in Iraq.

The article reports that U.S. President George W. Bush emphasized on the need of patience to achieve the condition of stability in Iraq.

Reports on the call of U.S. President George W. Bush to have patience in assessing the progress of Iraq and other nations toward democracy.

Reports that President George W. Bush challenged a wary Congress on February 2, 2005 in his State of the Union address to join him in reinventing Social Security for the 21st century. Statement that his generation has a duty to preserve the retirement system for those who follow; Presentation of the details of the individual investment accounts at the heart of his proposal; Excerpts from the speech; Highlights of the speech, including Social Security, the Iraqi elections, and peace in the Middle East; Focus on the importance of human freedom.

Reports that President George W. Bush said in a press conference on January 26, 2005 that the upcoming elections in Iraq would be a "grand moment in Iraqi history" that he described as part of a global march toward freedom. Acknowledgement that the Iraqis themselves have not yet taken the initiative in defending their country and might doubt Washington's will to prevail against the insurgency; Efforts to explain the arguments that he made in his inaugural address, which appeared to put the United States on an aggressive course of promoting liberty around the world.

Analyzes the implications of the attack on a U.S. military base in northern Iraq for the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush. Criticism on the Iraq policy of Bush; Concern of the public on the course of events in Iraq; Analysis of the security situation.

Discusses how President George W. Bush was accompanied by Georgia Senator Democrat Zell Miller in West Virginia and Ohio when he challenged the steadfastness of presidential candidate John Kerry in his confrontation of Iraq and terrorism. How Kerry advisers hope to begin a critical attack on the president's trustworthiness and leadership skills; Efforts of Bush to portray Kerry as weak on national security and soft on preventing terrorism; Claims from Kerry that Bush is responsible for trying to scare Americans by focusing his campaign on terrorism; Division among Kerry aides over how the campaign should go after Bush on his military record and his use of connections to avoid service.

Reports that U.S. President George W. Bush said he did not think America could win the war on terror, but that it could make terrorism less acceptable around the world. How the comment is a departure from earlier optimism on the issue; Comments of Bush in an NBC News program "Today" with Matt Lauer; Uncertainty over Bush's previous statements; Interpretation of Bush's remarks by White House officials; Reactions of Democrats to Bush's comments on the insurgency in Iraq, including vice-presidential candidate John Edwards; Views of analysts.

Reports on the debate over whether Iraq sought uranium in Africa, stated by U.S. President Bush's 2003 State of the Union address. Review on the intelligence used by Prime Minister Tony Blair in making the case for war; Extensive problems with the prewar intelligence assessments about Iraq's weapons programs; Prewar intelligence developed by Great Britain and the U.S..

Focuses on U.S. President George W. Bush's defense of his decision to go to war against Iraq, saying the invasion was the right thing to do even though no banned weapons had been found there. Bush's claims of progress against terrorism and the spread of unconventional arms; Overview of Bush's remarks at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a nuclear weapons research site; Attack on Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry by Vice President Dick Cheney; Kerry's views on Bush's foreign policy approach; How the Intelligence Committee's report has given Bush's political opponents new ammunition to suggest that the war was fought on a false or flawed pretext; Bush's response to the report, including an admission of shortcomings in pre-invasion intelligence.

Analyzes the findings of the independent commission investigating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S. Absence of evidence linking Iraq with the Al Qaeda; Implications for efforts of U.S. President George W. Bush to justify his decision to go to war against Iraq; Implications for the November 2004 presidential elections in the U.S. INSETS: In Bush's and Cheney's Words.;In the Commission's Words..

Reports on the narrowing of the differences between U.S. President George W. Bush and French President Jacques Chirac over a United Nations resolution establishing a framework for returning self-government to Iraq. Details of the resolution; Outcome of the meeting between the two heads of state in June 2004; Understanding reached between the U.S. and Iraq's interim prime minister Iyad Allawi.

Reports on United States president George W. Bush's private meeting with Pope John Paul II. John Paul's reiteration of his unhappiness over the invasion of Iraq; His call on the president to speedy restoration of sovereignty to the Iraqi people; Mixed praise for the U.S. in a diplomatically worded statement.

Reports that U.S. President George W. Bush has saluted Americans who had given their lives in military service. Acknowledgment of the great cost of the war in Iraq; Recognition of the losses in war; Impact of war on the presidency and prospects for re-election on Bush.

Compares Iraq policies of United States presidential candidates President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry. Role of the United Nations in Iraq; Bush's support on a United Nations team to help form an election commission to oversee elections for a transitional national assembly by January 2005; Kerry's support on the appointment of a United Nations high commissioner for governance and reconstruction to organize elections; Support on the June 30 deadline for the beginning of the transition to civilian power. INSET: COMPARE AND CONTRAST..

Presents an update on the United States government's plan concerning Iraq in the aftermath of the prison abuse scandal and the beheading of an American working in Iraq. Reiteration of President George W. Bush that U.S. will continue its mission in Iraq; Difference in the opinion of Bush supporters on how to pursue the Iraq plan; Effort of Bush to use the beheading of Nicholas Berg to refocus attention on the nature of the enemy the U.S. is facing rather than on the investigation into the abuses of Iraqi prisoners in U.S. custody.

Focuses on U.S. President George W. Bush's public show of support for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, in light of the prison abuse scandal in Iraq. Debate among officials over whether to release more photographs of Iraqi prisoners being abused by U.S. soldiers; Bush's comments; Effort to quash speculation about Rumsfeld's possible resignation; Administration's show of unity; Reaction of Bush after viewing images of abuse which have not been publicized; Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry's criticism of the administration's handling of the abuse cases; Question of how seriously U.S. officials took warnings from the International Committee of the Red Cross about prisoner mistreatment in Iraq.

Reports on efforts by U.S. President George W. Bush's administration to contain the diplomatic and political damage resulting from revelations of prisoner abuse by U.S. troops in Iraq. Draft prepared by the military to address the fallout expected by officials once photographs of Iraqi prisoners began circulating; Criticism of U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's handing of the affair by legislators from both parties; Priorities of the administration to ease anger over prisoner abuse.

Reports on the decline of American public support for the Iraqi war and for President George W. Bush's leadership as of May 2004. Impact of developments in Iraq on the presidential race between Bush and John Kerry.

Focuses on the commitment of U.S. President George W. Bush and Great Britain Prime Minister Tony Blair to help Iraqi people achieve peace and democracy. Deadline set by the U.S. to restore sovereignty in Iraq; Duty of Bush and Blair to stand by the Iraqi people; Establishment of a new caretaker Iraqi government.

Focuses on U.S. President George W. Bush's news conference on prime time television, in which he reaffirmed his plan to transfer sovereignty in Iraq back to Iraqis on June 30, 2004. Comments of Bush, including his offer to provide whatever forces are needed to quell the surge of violence and to find the money to rebuild Iraq; Bush's demeanor during his speech; Responses to questions, including whether he felt personally responsible for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; Bush's effort to maintain his standing as a decisive leader in confronting threats to the U.S. and reassure the electorate he can bring order to Iraq; Overview of the renewed insurgency in Iraq.

Reports on President George W. Bush's television appearance on "Meet the Press" where he spent the hour defending his actions during his presidency. Statement that he was not alone in assessing Saddam Hussein to be a risk to the world; Contention that he improved the economy with tax cuts and hinted there may be more; Rebuttal of accusations that he did not complete all of his duties while in the National Guard; Suggestion that he may step into the gay marriage issue; Admission he might have been wrong in repeatedly asserting that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction but statement that it was know Hussein had the capability of making such weapons; Reasons for the interview; Self-characterization as a war president; Reaction from Democrats.

Reports that David Kay, who led the American effort to find banned weapons in Iraq, has concluded that Iraq had no stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons at the start of the war last year. His claim that Iraq had illicit weapons at the end of the Persian Gulf War but got rid of them; Effect of his statements on the primary justifications set out by President Bush for the war with Iraq; Claim of the White House that it still believes Baghdad had weapons programs; Replacement of Kay with Charles A. Duefler as leader of the weapons search.

Reports that U.S. President George W. Bush expects the Halliburton Company to repay $61 million if a subsidiary was found to have overcharged the Pentagon on a contract to deliver fuel to Iraq. Satisfaction expressed by Bush regarding an investigation by the Defense Department.

Focuses on the visit of United States president George W. Bush to Britain where he encouraged citizens to stand with the United States in rallying the United Nations behind a campaign to defeat terrorism and establish democracy in the Middle East. His November 19, 2003 speech in which he justified the use of force and focused on seeing through the job of stabilizing Iraq; Remarks directed at France and Germany; Criticism of policies in Israel.

Reports on U.S. President George W. Bush's consideration of the U.S. Defense Department's plan to reduce the size of the U.S. military force in Iraq in 2004. Bush's reliance on his military commanders to deal with conditions on the ground; Consideration of adding the equivalent of a brigade of marines to the force to be sent to Iraq in spring 2004; Steps taken to begin granting sovereignty to a transitional Iraqi government.

Reports on the return of L. Paul Bremer III, the American administrator in Iraq, to Washington for an urgent round of meetings to discuss ways of speeding up the transfer of power to Iraqis. Dissatisfaction with the pace of progress in Iraq; Growing conviction that Mr. Bremer's plan to move gradually toward the election of an Iraqi government must be abandoned; Vow of President George W. Bush to stabilize Iraq during a Veteran's Day speech; Unusual urgency of the meeting; Reports that President Bush has not lost faith in Bremer, but wants him to move more quickly.

Details the views of U.S. president George W. Bush regarding the spate of suicide bombings in Baghdad, Iraq. View that the violence was a response by increasingly desperate terrorists to the progress being made by the U.S. in stabilizing Iraq; Call for more grants for the reconstruction of the country.

Reports that U.S. President George W. Bush rejected criticism that he had exaggerated the urgency of going to war with Iraq. Decision of Bush to take responsibility for an assertion in his State of the Union address about Iraq's nuclear weapons program that turned out to be based on questionable intelligence; Comments from Bush; Confidence of Bush that banned weapons will be found and that there had been a well-documented case that Saddam Hussein had biological, chemical and nuclear weapons programs.

Reports that British Prime Minister Tony Blair and United States President George W. Bush are defending the Iraq War, saying the conflict was justified even if allied forces find banned weapons in Iraq. Details of a visit by Blair to Washington, D.C.; His support for Bush on the possibility that Bush misled the American people in the buildup to the war by citing an allegation attributed to British intelligence that Iraq tried to acquire uranium from Niger to restart its nuclear weapons program; Plans of Blair to discuss the concern in Great Britain that British citizens captured in Afghanistan were being held by the U.S. in Cuba as so-called enemy combatants. INSET: Balir's Words: 'Our Job Is to Be There With You'.

Reports on the dispute between United States President George W. Bush and European countries concerning the role of the United Nations in rebuilding Iraq. Bush who feels the UN should provide food and medicine; Countries that are pressuring British Prime minister Tony Blair to ensure the UN a central role in post war Iraq; Question of when U.S. will leave Iraq.

Reports on a meeting between United States President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Discussion of Iraq after the war; Blair who has been pressured by Europe to support a strong United Nations presence in Iraq after the war; Bush who wants the U.S. and England to be the main forces in stabilizing Iraq.

Focuses on efforts by the U.S. President George W. Bush administration to firm up support for the 2003 Iraqi War. Accusations that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is operating death squads; Warnings against Syria and Iran; Attempts to counter impression that early fighting had gone worse than expected; Comments of General Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin L. Powell; Administration's defensiveness over the military campaign.

Discusses the implications of United States President George W. Bush's ultimatum to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to go into exile or face attack from the U.S. and its allies. Highlights of Bush's televised address to the nation; How the speech marked the end of diplomacy aimed at convincing skeptical allies that force is necessary to disarm Hussein; Criticism of France and of the United Nations Security Council; Bush's rationale for war; U.S. security precautions against terrorism; Republican support of Bush in Congress.

Reports that the United States George W. Bush administration said that it would accept a short extension of United Nations (UN) weapons inspections in Iraq. Intent of Bush to force a vote in the UN Security Council on a U.S.-backed resolution giving an ultimatum to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein; Efforts of Great Britain and other nations to come up with a UN compromise; Strains among Security Council members; Statement by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld concerning Britain's participation in an Iraq war; Outlook.

Reports that United States President George W. Bush dismissed antiwar protests as a factor in his plans for a military assault on Iraq. His efforts to persuade reluctant allies that United Nations weapons inspections would not secure the disarmament of Iraq; His dismissal of public opinion as a factor in his policies; Outlook for support from the European Union for U.S. and British war plans.

Discusses a meeting between Great Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.S. President George W. Bush about a potential war against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Differing opinions between Blair and Bush over how hard to press the United Nations for a new resolution backing an attack against Iraq; Possible support from Turkey for use of military bases by U.S. in the event of war with Iraq; Comments from Bush about U.N. hesitancy toward war with Iraq.

Reports that U.S. President George W. Bush all but set a timetable for war when he issued a warning to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein that Iraq has only weeks to disarm or face an invasion led by the United States. U.S. backed by eight European leaders; More than 20 nations issued pledges to allow access to military bases, airstrips and ports; Fear of refugee crisis pushes Bush to set up a special fund to prepare for any humanitarian emergency in the Middle East; Statement that Bush still hopes for a peaceful resolution; Critics call for a slowing down of what they see as a rush to war; Saudi Arabia's call for diplomacy; Terms of amnesty with regards to the offer of exile to Saddam; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) pushes for another Congressional vote on the use of force; Anti-American backlash from Muslims cited as a distinct possibility.

Reports on U.S. President George W. Bush's State of the Union address. Assurance from Bush that he can resolve both the economy and foreign crises simultaneously; Portrayal by Bush of Saddam Husein as an urgent threat to the United States; Promise to reinvigorate the economy; Explanation for pre-emptive action against Iraq.

Interviews United States President George W. Bush on the lead up to his State of the Union address. Bush's belief that the newly elected Iraqi government will want American troops to stay in the country for a while; His admission that he would pull the troops out if that is what the new government wants; Comments on the Middle East situation and praise for Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas; Thoughts on domestic policy; Social Security reform and a decision not to try to overturn abortion laws; Other opinions of the President.