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President Bush Visits Troops in Iraq
U.S. troops listen to President George W. Bush speak during his an 5-hour trip to Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 13, 2006. "I have come today to personally show our nation's commitment to a free Iraq. My message to the Iraqi people is this: seize the moment; seize this opportunity to develop a government of and by and for the people. And I also have a message to the Iraqi people that when America gives a commitment, America will keep its commitment." White House photo by Eric Draper
U.S. troops listen to President George W. Bush speak during his an 5-hour trip to Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 13, 2006. "I have come today to personally show our nation's commitment to a free Iraq. My message to the Iraqi people is this: seize the moment; seize this opportunity to develop a government of and by and for the people. And I also have a message to the Iraqi people that when America gives a commitment, America will keep its commitment." White House photo by Eric Draper Full Story
President George W. Bush rides in the cockpit of Air Force One on the final approach before landing in Baghdad Tuesday, June 13, 2006. White House photo by Eric Draper
Accompanied by Dan Bartlett, left, Counselor to the President, and Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin, President George W. Bush arrives at Andrews Air Force Base Monday night, June 12, 2006, en route to Iraq. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base Monday night, June 12, 2006, en route to Iraq. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush walks with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Tuesday, June 13, 2006, at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. During his unannounced trip to Iraq, President Bush thanked the Prime Minister, telling him, "I'm convinced you will succeed, and so will the world." White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush shakes hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, right, during his visit Tuesday, June 13, 2006, to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. With them is U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad. White House photo by Eric Draper
From Baghdad, President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq, wave to Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in Camp David, Md., during a teleconference Tuesday, June 13, 2006. White House photo by Eric Draper
From Camp David, Md., Vice President Dick Cheney and members of the Interagency Team on Iraq participate in a video teleconference with President George W. Bush in Baghdad, Tuesday, June 13, 2006. White House photo by David Bohrer
Vice President Dick Cheney talks with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld during a video teleconference from Camp David, Md. with President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, Tuesday, June 13, 2006. White House photo by David Bohrer
Vice President Dick Cheney is seated with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld as they participate in a video teleconference from Camp David, Md., Tuesday, June 13, 2006 with President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad. White House photo by David Bohrer
Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, right, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, participate in a video teleconference from Camp David, Md., Tuesday, June 13, 2006 as President Bush meets Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad. The President expressed praise for Prime Minister Maliki's efforts in assembling a strong and diverse unity government in Iraq and said, "I want to thank you for giving me and my cabinet a chance to hear from you personally and a chance to meet the members of this team you've assembled. It's an impressive group of men and women, and if given the right help, I'm convinced you will succeed, and so will the world." White House photo by David Bohrer
Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice smile while participating in a video teleconference from Camp David, Md. with President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, Tuesday, June 13, 2006. White House photo by David Bohrer
President George W. Bush speaks to U.S. troops and U.S. embassy personnel during an unannounced 5-hour trip to Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 13, 2006. "These are historic times," said the President. "The mission that you're accomplishing here in Iraq will go down in the history books as an incredibly important moment in the history of freedom and peace; an incredibly important moment of doing our duty to secure our homeland." White House photo by Eric Draper
U.S. troops listen to President George W. Bush speak during his an 5-hour trip to Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 13, 2006. "I have come today to personally show our nation's commitment to a free Iraq. My message to the Iraqi people is this: seize the moment; seize this opportunity to develop a government of and by and for the people. And I also have a message to the Iraqi people that when America gives a commitment, America will keep its commitment." White House photo by Eric Draper
President greets U.S. troops and U.S. embassy personnel during his trip to Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 13, 2006. "This is a moment -- this is a time where the world can turn one way or the other, where the world can be a better place or a more dangerous place," said the President. "And the United States of America and citizens such as yourself are dedicated to making sure that the world we leave behind is a better place for all." White House photo by Eric Draper
 
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