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Bush: 'No Timetables' for Withdrawing US Troops from Iraq
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Following meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jafaari,
President said progress in Iraq is not going to be easy in the face of
a deadly insurgency





Ibrahim al-Jafaari left, and George W. Bush hold White House press
conference following talks, Friday

President Bush says there will be no timetables for withdrawing
American troops from Iraq.

Mr. Bush met with Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari at the White
House Friday, at what he called a "critical moment." At a joint press
conference, he said progress in Iraq is not going to be easy in the
face of a deadly insurgency.

Mr. al-Jaafari thanked the American people for standing beside the
Iraqi people, and said "this is not a time to fall back."

The two leaders discussed Iraqi efforts to draft a new constitution
and to train the country's own security forces.

A number of U.S. lawmakers, including some from Mr. Bush's Republican
party, have called for setting a timeline for beginning a withdrawal
of American troops from Iraq.

Some information for this report provided by  AP.


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