Bush says it's time for elected leaders in Iraq to `do their job'

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Bush says it's time for elected leaders in Iraq to `do their job'



(Washington-AP, Apr. 4, 2006 10:55 AM) _ President Bush on Tuesday urged Iraq to move quickly to form a unity government, calling on elected leaders "to stand up and do their job."

He said the formation of a new government would give Iraqis confidence in their future.

Bush's statement, during a brief question-and-answer session with reporters in the Roosevelt Room, came on the heels of a similar admonition by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a visit to Iraq. Rice had spoken of a "sense of drift" nearly four months after Iraqis held parliamentary elections.

Bush said insurgents were using violence to prevent democracy from taking hold. "One way to help bring confidence to the Iraqi people that those few will not be able to determine the future of that country is for there to be unity government that steps up and says, `I'm willing to lead.'