Bush Says Many Felt Iraq Was Threat, Not Just Him (Reuters)

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Six in 10 Say Bush Underestimated 9-11
Threat (Reuters)

Six in 10 Say Bush Underestimated 9-11
Threat (Reuters) 04/10/2004 03:16 PM
Reuters - Six out of 10 Americans say the Bush administration underestimated the threat of terrorism prior to Sept. 11, 2001, and nearly two out of three are at least somewhat concerned Iraq could become another Vietnam, according to a Newsweek Poll released on Saturday.

Bush Says Kerry Tax Plan a Threat to
Workers (Reuters)

Bush Says Kerry Tax Plan a Threat to
Workers (Reuters) 09/05/2004 06:34 PM
Reuters - President Bush, under election-year pressure on the economy, said on Sunday that Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's plan to raise taxes on the wealthy would hinder the creation of jobs.

Bush Memo Included Al Qaeda Threat
Details (Reuters)

Bush Memo Included Al Qaeda Threat
Details (Reuters) 04/10/2004 03:36 AM
Reuters - President Bush's Aug. 6, 2001, daily intelligence briefing included information from three months beforehand that al Qaeda members were trying to enter the United States for an attack with explosives, sources familiar with the document said on Friday.

Bulgarians, Filipino Under Death Threat
in Iraq (Reuters)

Bulgarians, Filipino Under Death Threat
in Iraq (Reuters) 07/10/2004 08:17 AM
Reuters - Death threats hung over two kidnapped Bulgarians and a Filipino in Iraq Saturday, but their governments refused to meet the demands of their captors.

N.Korea Is Bigger Threat Than Iraq,
Clinton Says (Reuters)

N.Korea Is Bigger Threat Than Iraq,
Clinton Says (Reuters) 07/17/2004 08:06 AM
Reuters - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton sees North Korea as more of a threat than Iraq was, but thinks another "preemptive" war by the United States is unlikely, he was quoted on Saturday as saying.

Filipino Hostage Faces Death Threat in
Iraq (Reuters)

Filipino Hostage Faces Death Threat in
Iraq (Reuters) 07/08/2004 02:19 AM
Reuters - A death threat hung over a Filipino hostage in Iraq on Thursday and the fate of a kidnapped Lebanese-born U.S. marine remained uncertain.

Bush Sees Iraq Friend Berlusconi, Iraq
Foe Chirac (Reuters)

Bush Sees Iraq Friend Berlusconi, Iraq
Foe Chirac (Reuters) 06/04/2004 06:57 PM
Reuters - President Bush will thank an Iraq war ally, Italy, and try to move beyond past differences with a war critic, French President Jacques Chirac, in a hectic day of diplomacy on Saturday.

Filipino Hostage Faces Fresh Death
Threat in Iraq (Reuters)

Filipino Hostage Faces Fresh Death
Threat in Iraq (Reuters) 07/11/2004 04:17 AM
Reuters - A Filipino driver remained captive Sunday after militants denied he had been freed and issued a fresh threat to kill him unless Manila showed in 24 hours it would withdraw its troops from Iraq.

Bush Goes After Kerry on Iraq War
Admission (Reuters)

Bush Goes After Kerry on Iraq War
Admission (Reuters) 08/10/2004 12:26 PM
Reuters - President Bush charged Democrat John Kerry with shifting positions on the Iraq war on Tuesday as he opened a five-day campaign swing with a bus tour through Republican turf in Florida, the bitterly contested state from the 2000 election.

Bush Vows to Stay the Course in Iraq
(Reuters)

Bush Vows to Stay the Course in Iraq
(Reuters) 04/13/2004 09:04 PM
Reuters - President Bush vowed on Tuesday to stay the course in Iraq despite a bloody upsurge in violence and said a June 30 deadline for the transfer of Iraqi sovereignty must be met.

Bush Says Kerry Has Many, Many Positions
on Iraq (Reuters)

Bush Says Kerry Has Many, Many Positions
on Iraq (Reuters) 09/10/2004 12:54 PM
Reuters - President Bush accused Democrat John Kerry on Friday of having more positions on Iraq than all his 99 colleagues in the Senate combined and said if the Massachusetts senator had his way Saddam Hussein would still be in power.

Bush Confident Will Get UN Iraq
Resolution Soon (Reuters)

Bush Confident Will Get UN Iraq
Resolution Soon (Reuters) 06/05/2004 05:51 AM
Reuters - President Bush said Saturday he expected the U.N. Security Council would approve a new resolution soon guaranteeing the transfer of "full sovereignty" to a new Iraqi interim government after June 30.

Should Bush Ask Pope's Pardon for Iraq
War? (Reuters)

Should Bush Ask Pope's Pardon for Iraq
War? (Reuters) 05/17/2004 11:49 AM
Reuters - President Bush should kneel before Pope John Paul and ask for forgiveness for abuses committed by U.S. soldiers in Iraq, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says.

Bush Backs Away from Iraq WMD Certainty
(Reuters)

Bush Backs Away from Iraq WMD Certainty
(Reuters) 01/27/2004 01:46 PM
Reuters - In the wake of a top expert's conclusions that Iraq had no large stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, President Bush on Tuesday dropped his previous certainty that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, the reason given for the U.S.-led invasion.

Bush, Kerry Want UN Help in Iraq But UN
Cautious (Reuters)

Bush, Kerry Want UN Help in Iraq But UN
Cautious (Reuters) 04/14/2004 11:49 PM
Reuters - President Bush said he was counting on a U.N. envoy to come up with plans for an interim Iraqi government and hopes a new U.N. resolution will persuade more countries to provide troops.

Bush to Seek $25 Bln More for Iraq,
Afghanistan (Reuters)

Bush to Seek $25 Bln More for Iraq,
Afghanistan (Reuters) 05/05/2004 03:32 PM
Reuters - President Bush will ask Congress for an additional $25 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, breaking a pledge not to seek more money before the November election, congressional aides said on Wednesday.

Kerry and Bush Clash Over Outlook for
Iraq (Reuters)

Kerry and Bush Clash Over Outlook for
Iraq (Reuters) 09/16/2004 07:01 PM
Reuters - President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry clashed on Thursday over the outlook for Iraq, with Kerry accusing Bush of living in "a fantasy world of spin" and the Bush campaign condemning Kerry's pessimism.

Bush Taps Negroponte as Ambassador to
Iraq (Reuters)

Bush Taps Negroponte as Ambassador to
Iraq (Reuters) 04/19/2004 01:40 PM
Reuters - President Bush on Monday tapped John Negroponte, the top American diplomat at the United Nations, to be his ambassador to Iraq after sovereignty is restored to the country on June 30.

Bush to Step Up Campaigning on Economy,
Iraq (Reuters)

Bush to Step Up Campaigning on Economy,
Iraq (Reuters) 06/13/2004 09:23 PM
Reuters - President Bush's reelection campaign, in a tacit acknowledgment it is having trouble getting its message through, said on Sunday it would step up efforts to convince voters the economy and handover plans for Iraq are on track.

At U.N., Bush Trying to Reassure World
Leaders on Iraq (Reuters)

At U.N., Bush Trying to Reassure World
Leaders on Iraq (Reuters) 09/21/2004 01:17 AM
Reuters - President Bush goes to the United Nations on Tuesday to try to reassure world leaders that Iraq is on the path to democracy, two years after he challenged them to take a tough stance against Saddam Hussein or risk being irrelevant.

Bush Papers Over Differences with Chirac
on Iraq (Reuters)

Bush Papers Over Differences with Chirac
on Iraq (Reuters) 06/10/2004 04:26 PM
Reuters - President Bush sought to paper over differences with France on Thursday over a NATO role in Iraq and said he did not envision sending more troops from the military alliance there.

Bush and Kerry Trade Iraq Insults in Ad
War (Reuters)

Bush and Kerry Trade Iraq Insults in Ad
War (Reuters) 09/22/2004 09:01 PM
Reuters - President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry traded insults over Iraq on Wednesday in a pair of new television ads, with Bush using footage of a windsurfing Kerry to accuse him of shifting his views "whichever way the wind blows."

Bush Heads to Europe for Iraq Support,
D-Day (Reuters)

Bush Heads to Europe for Iraq Support,
D-Day (Reuters) 06/03/2004 12:01 PM
Reuters - President Bush left on Thursday on a quick trip to Italy and France to seek more international support for his Iraq mission and mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.

Bush Hears Support from G8 on Iraq Vote
(Reuters)

Bush Hears Support from G8 on Iraq Vote
(Reuters) 06/08/2004 11:34 PM
Reuters - President Bush basked in U.N. approval for the new Iraq on Tuesday, delivered as he opened a summit of major industrial countries likely to be dominated by the issue.

US Readies Iraq UN Resolution Before
Bush Speech (Reuters)

US Readies Iraq UN Resolution Before
Bush Speech (Reuters) 05/24/2004 01:20 AM
Reuters - The United States plans to disclose on Monday the text of a new U.N. resolution that would call for "full sovereignty" for Iraqis, despite the presence of 130,000 U.S. troops, U.S. and U.N officials said.

Bush Asked for Iraq War Plan in Nov.
2001 (Reuters)

Bush Asked for Iraq War Plan in Nov.
2001 (Reuters) 04/16/2004 07:39 PM
Reuters - President Bush asked his Pentagon chief in November 2001 to draw up a war plan against Iraq, the White House confirmed on Friday.

Bush: U.S. Troops Face Serious
Challenges in Iraq (Reuters)

Bush: U.S. Troops Face Serious
Challenges in Iraq (Reuters) 05/01/2004 10:28 AM
Reuters - A year after declaring major combat over in Iraq, President Bush said on Saturday that U.S. forces still face serious challenges there but that daily life is improving for Iraqis in many ways.

Republicans Criticize Bush 'Mistakes' on
Iraq (Reuters)

Republicans Criticize Bush 'Mistakes' on
Iraq (Reuters) 09/19/2004 01:14 PM
Reuters - Leading members of President Bush's Republican Party on Sunday criticized mistakes and "incompetence" in his Iraq policy and called for an urgent ground offensive to retake insurgent sanctuaries.

Key Al Qaeda Operative Captured in Iraq,
Bush Says (Reuters)

Key Al Qaeda Operative Captured in Iraq,
Bush Says (Reuters) 01/26/2004 01:47 PM
Reuters - An al Qaeda operative with close ties to the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks was captured last week in Iraq, President Bush said on Monday.

Bush Began Iraq War Planning Months
After 9/11 (Reuters)

Bush Began Iraq War Planning Months
After 9/11 (Reuters) 04/18/2004 12:35 AM
Reuters - Within months of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, President Bush was huddling secretly with advisers over Iraq war plans, according to a new book that may help fuel criticisms he was overeager for war.

Bush Says Won't Let Iraq Prison Abuses
Happen Again (Reuters)

Bush Says Won't Let Iraq Prison Abuses
Happen Again (Reuters) 05/15/2004 10:03 AM
Reuters - President Bush said on Saturday he was determined that Iraqi prison abuses will never happen again, as he took stock of a difficult week in Iraq.

Bush Says U.S. Must Persevere in Iraq,
Evokes WWII (Reuters)

Bush Says U.S. Must Persevere in Iraq,
Evokes WWII (Reuters) 05/29/2004 09:41 AM
Reuters - President Bush on Saturday evoked the sacrifices of the Allied campaign against Adolf Hitler in a speech pledging to stay the course in the far more contentious war in Iraq.

Top Bush Officials Clash Over Iraq
Election (Reuters)

Top Bush Officials Clash Over Iraq
Election (Reuters) 09/24/2004 04:20 PM
Reuters - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage clashed publicly with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Friday over whether Iraq's upcoming elections should cover the whole country or be held only in areas where security could be guaranteed.

Bush Assures Americans Iraq Sovereignty
Near (Reuters)

Bush Assures Americans Iraq Sovereignty
Near (Reuters) 05/14/2004 03:15 PM
Reuters - President Bush assured Americans on Friday he will stick to a June 30 date for handing over power to Iraqis and encouraged allied nations to put past Iraq differences behind them.

Bush on Defensive Amid New Iraq
Criticism (Reuters)

Bush on Defensive Amid New Iraq
Criticism (Reuters) 07/14/2004 01:55 PM
Reuters - President Bush was on the defensive again on Wednesday amid new criticism -- this time from Britain -- of the intelligence used to justify the Iraq war.

Bush Vows Rebels in Iraq Will Be
Defeated (Reuters)

Bush Vows Rebels in Iraq Will Be
Defeated (Reuters) 04/10/2004 10:10 AM
Reuters - President Bush pledged on Saturday that the U.S.-led coalition would defeat guerrillas wreaking havoc in Iraq and he defended plans to hand sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government on June 30.

Bush Senses 'Spirit of Unity' on Iraq
(Reuters)

Bush Senses 'Spirit of Unity' on Iraq
(Reuters) 06/05/2004 05:51 AM
Reuters - President Bush said Saturday he sensed a "spirit of unity" in the international community to help Iraq's new government and expressed optimism that a U.N. Security Council resolution would be approved soon.

Bush Awards First Medal of Honor in Iraq
War (Reuters)

Bush Awards First Medal of Honor in Iraq
War (Reuters) 04/04/2005 04:31 PM
Reuters - President Bush on Monday awarded the first Medal of Honor in the Iraq war to Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith, who saved dozens of soldiers before he died in a firefight days before Baghdad fell.

Bush Speech to Try to Assure Americans
on Iraq (Reuters)

Bush Speech to Try to Assure Americans
on Iraq (Reuters) 05/24/2004 01:20 AM
Reuters - With support for his Iraq policies at an all-time low, President Bush will deliver a prime-time speech on Monday seeking to assure the public he has a strategy for handing over power to Iraqis and keeping the violence from spiraling out of control.
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