Bush holds video conference with Iraqis -* is impressed and reassured by the progress they're making

Kadie

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Mon Jun-18-07 12:48 PM
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Bush holds video conference with Iraqis -* is impressed and reassured by the progress they're making

Bush holds video conference with Iraqis
By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer
21 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - President Bush had a nearly hour-long secure video teleconference with Iraqi leaders on Monday and came away impressed and reassured by the progress they're making on political, security and economic reforms, the White House said.

"It's clear that you've got an environment now where the key leaders are working together on these issues," during the 52-minute teleconference the president had with Iraq's prime minister, president and two vice presidents, White House press secretary Tony Snow said.

Snow acknowledged that U.S. officials have heard similar positive statements from Iraqi leaders before, but said: "We think they are very serious in moving on the key items. ... I think the president was impressed and reassured by the sense of seriousness that he heard"

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070618/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq_8

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The Velveteen Ocelot

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Mon Jun-18-07 12:50 PM
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1. Fool me once...

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Jacobin

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Mon Jun-18-07 12:50 PM
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2. the only thing funny about this is that

about 25% of American voters believe this fairy tale.

well, okay, its not funny, its sad.

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Norquist Nemesis

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Mon Jun-18-07 12:50 PM
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3. Karl ran in and marked his calendar for the Petreaus report to Congress

Edited on Mon Jun-18-07 12:51 PM by Norquist Nemesis

Tuesday, September the Eleventh

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partylessinOhio

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Mon Jun-18-07 01:02 PM
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4. These photos were taken 48 hours ago. What changed?

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates(R) meets members of the Iraqi Army and Iraqi police during a visit to a joint security station in Baghdad. Gates said Saturday that a troop surge in Iraq is only starting to have its full impact and that it is too soon to tell whether conditions will be ripe by September for decisions on US force levels.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (C) arrives to visit a joint security station in Baghdad, June 16, 2007. Gates met Iraqi leaders for talks in Baghdad on Saturday to tell them Washington is disappointed with their efforts to reconcile Iraq's warring factions and to move ahead with renewed urgency.

Good Lord! If you put anymore protection on the little man, he wouldn't be able to stand up!

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Hubert Flottz

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Mon Jun-18-07 01:05 PM
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5. Right...just take George's word for it!

He never lies and he's always right!

Gawd tells him every move to make.

Believe...here have some more Kool-Aide and STFU!

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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Mon Jun-18-07 01:11 PM
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6. All they need is more money, more troops, more time. And, then we'll win in Vietnam....er, Iraq.

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Karmageddon

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Mon Jun-18-07 01:13 PM
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7. Doesn't he keep telling us that we shouldn't believe everything we see on the TV screen about Iraq?

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tanyev

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Mon Jun-18-07 01:58 PM
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8. This is the same president who looked into Putin's soul.

This is the same president who told Brownie he was doing a heckuva job. This is the same president who remained loyal to Rumsfeld and only got rid of him after the 2006 elections. This is the same president who remains loyal to Condi and Gonzo.

I am not impressed nor reassured by anything that impresses and reassures him.

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Spazito

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Mon Jun-18-07 02:53 PM
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9. Another "heck of a job, brownie" moment, it seems

Didn't he say how "impressed and reassured" he was about the job "Brownie" was doing? I believe he did!

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magellan

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Mon Jun-18-07 02:56 PM
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10. Let's hear what Barney thinks about it

That's the only WH yap I trust.

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