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reuters.com - 12/14/2008
Bush makes farewell visit to Iraq | U.S.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President George W. Bush made an unannounced farewell visit to Baghdad on Sunday, just weeks before he leaves office and bequeaths the unpopular Iraq war to President-elect Barack Obama. Bush flew secretly to the Iraqi capital to hold talks with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ...
Touting New Security Deal, Bush Makes Final Iraq Visit
nytimes.com - 12/14/2008
Touting New Security Deal, Bush Makes Final Iraq Visit
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On the Hunt in Baghdad
michaeltotten.com - 12/15/2008
On the Hunt in Baghdad
— michaeltotten.com — by Michael J. Totten BAGHDAD -- “If your men conduct any raids,” I said to Captain Todd... Looney at Combat Outpost Ford on the outskirts of Sadr City, Baghdad, “I want to go.” “We might have something come up,” he said. “If so, I'll get you out ... (more) On the Hunt in Baghdad

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Bush On Al Qaeda Not Existing In Iraq Before Invasion: ‘So What?’
thinkprogress.org - 12/15/2008
Bush On Al Qaeda Not Existing In Iraq Before Invasion: ‘So What?’
— thinkprogress.org — Yesterday, after an Iraqi journalist used “ [t]wo of the worst insults in Islam ” against him,... an unfazed President Bush sat down with ABC’s Martha Raddatz for an exit interview in Iraq. When Raddatz asked Bush about his legacy, ... (more) Bush On Al Qaeda Not Existing In Iraq Before Invasion: ...

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Final Bush Air Force One Flight to Baghdad
The Corner on National Review Online — [image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] [image] Sunday, December 14, 2008 [image] Final Bush Air Force One Flight to Baghdad [ Kathryn Jean Lopez ] Bush is in Iraq . Everyone commenting on the trip should read Gabe Ledeen first. 12/14 08:36 AM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us ...

Bush's Newest Iraq Visit Already Drawing Media Swipes
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... The country awoke to surprising news that President George W. Bush had flown off to visit Iraq in a sort of farewell tour of the place that drove his presidency. With an early report, Reuters gave a few backhanded slaps at Bush that we are sure to see grow throughout the Old Media as the day progresses. ...

Bush’s Newest Iraq Visit Already Drawing Media Swipes
Stop The ACLU — -By Warner Todd Huston [image] The country awoke to surprising news that President George W. Bush had flown off to visit Iraq in a sort of farewell tour of the place that drove his presidency. With an early report, Reuters gave a few backhanded slaps at Bush that we are sure to see grow throughout the Old Media as the day progresses. In its very first sentence, Reuters reminded us all, as if we didn’t already know, that the war in Iraq is the “unpopular Iraq war” that Bush has bequeathed to Barack Obama. Even as the war has rebounded in approval ratings among the American ...

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