- Bush dismissed talk of a US withdrawal
- placed new leaders in Baghdad squarely in charge of defeating the insurgency.
- Nuri al-Maliki should tap Iraq's vast oil reserves to help the Iraqi people
- to stand up a unity government which is capable of defending itself
- but also providing tangible benefits to the people,"
- Bush dismissed talk of a US withdrawal
- Iraq's neighbors and the international community to do more to help
- target the successor to Al-Qaeda's chief in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed last week.
- Bush dismissed talk of a US withdrawal
- Zarqawi Jordan-born extremist's death "a major blow" to Osama bin Laden's
- warned it is "not going to end the war."
- Bush dismissed talk of a US withdrawal
- Amid mounting pressure to bring some or all US troops home, General George Casey, would assess how well Maliki's team was doing in defeating the insurgency.
- Bush dismissed talk of a US withdrawal
- will be based upon the conditions on the ground.
- toward a strategy of victory
- This is a process of understanding the Iraqi capabilities.
- Bush dismissed talk of a US withdrawal
- new leadership in Iraq -- the first permanent government --
- marked a "break point"
- that left Iraqis "in charge" of their country.
- Bush dismissed talk of a US withdrawal
- Iraq's vast oil reserves might be one of Maliki's best weapons
- proposing the creation of a special fund to help the Iraqi people.
- Bush dismissed talk of a US withdrawal
- going to have to figure out how best to lease the people's lands in a fair way
- Bush dismissed talk of a US withdrawal
- My own view is that the government ought to use the oil as a way to unite the country and ought to think about having a tangible fund for the people so the people have faith in the central government
- Bush dismissed talk of a US withdrawal
- Iraq's neighbors ought to do more to help them.
- we're constantly working with our friends in the neighborhood to encourage them to support this new democracy."
- Bush dismissed talk of a US withdrawal
- We expect our friends who have made commitments -- 13 billion dollars -- to honor those commitments,"
- Bush dismissed talk of a US withdrawal
- to help Maliki's government secure its footing.
- most concerned with finding ways to help Maliki achieve stated goals like
- boosting electricity generation,
- securing Baghdad, and
- curbing sectarian violence.
- Bush dismissed talk of a US withdrawal
- to take seriously this strategic assessment at a very important juncture in the birth of a new Iraqi country
- Bush dismissed talk of a US withdrawal
- When you have a permanent, elected sovereign government taking over
- they are in charge,
- it is their country and
- Bush dismissed talk of a US withdrawal
- it is incumbent upon us to do everything we can to help them succeed
- Bush dismissed talk of a US withdrawal
- Discussing the insurgency "We still view this as a very serious and vexing challenge".
- Bush dismissed talk of a US withdrawal
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