Lee Feinstein, a CFR expert on U.S. foreign policy, says President Bush’s November 30 speech on Iraq and the accompanying “National Strategy Plan” for victory in Iraq represented “a watershed moment ...
President Bush today accepted the recommendations of General David Petraeus. The draw-down of troops from Iraq will stop when the "surge" ends in July. Democratic leaders of Congress said, "He's just ...
ELGIN, Ill. (AP) -- Marine Staff Sgt. Shawn Doty watched his television intently Tuesday evening in suburban Chicago, listening as President Bush made his case for why U.S. soldiers need to remain in ...
President Bush plans a four-part report to the nation on his strategy for victory in Iraq. The first was delivered on Nov. 30, and hopefully the next three will provide more answers. The initial ...
ARLINGTON, Va. — President Bush marked Veterans Day by praising U.S. troops for fighting tyranny and oppression, yet touched only briefly on the war in Iraq, where U.S. commanders are rethinking ...
WASHINGTON -- President Bush, facing intense pressure to craft a new blueprint for the Iraq war, said Tuesday that the U.S. is holding fast to its objectives and commitment. The White House said Bush ...
(The Hill) — Former President George W. Bush slipped up during a speech on Wednesday about Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, condemning instead the “unjustified and brutal” invasion of Iraq. The ...
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a round of speeches on Iraq, President Bush is combining fresh expressions of steely resolve with sobering acknowledgments of how unexpectedly hard the task has been. While his ...
In a speech rife with indignation, wit and scathing criticism of the Bush administration, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Seymour Hersh spoke to an audience that filled McCosh 50 about his ...
President Bush on Sept. 12 rhetorically sought to shame the United Nations members to stand up to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, who repeatedly has defied its resolutions over a period of years. The ...
President Obama’s Oval Office speech earlier this week should have felt like a win for the administration. The official transfer of power that came hours later in Iraq should have been the “victory ...