Bush defends opposition to timetable
President Bush says there is a temptation to let domestic politics influence US commanders in Iraq and that an artificial timetable of withdrawal is an imposition on the judgment of commanders, diplomats, and Iraqis. Bush asks elected officials who go to Iraq to listen carefully to what is taking place.
July 15, 2008
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