Posted on 07/13/2007 4:51:14 PM PDT by silent_jonny
President Bush participated in a video teleconference today with reconstruction team leaders and combat commanders in Iraq. (Transcript)
Also present for the conference were:
Vice President Dick Cheney
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
JCOS Chairman General Peter Pace
National Security Advisor Steven Hadley
White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten
White House Counselor Ed Gillespie
For more information about the reconstruction teams in Iraq click here
Secretary Gates and General Pace held a separate conference later at the Pentagon.
And Secretary Rice was honored with the 2007 Inspiration Award from the WNBA.
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
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I LOVE THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS TEAM ARE MOUNTING A FULL COURT PRESS TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS IN IRAQ.
Coming off an AWESOME press conference yesterday, the President meets today with 10 conservative journalists:
HE’S NOT FOR TURNING
Bush makes his case on Iraq.
By Kate O’Beirne & Rich Lowry
Forget the leaks and the speculation, President George W. Bush is not looking for a way out of the surge and the Iraq war. In a session with about ten conservative journalists Friday afternoon, a confident and determined president made it clear that he is going to see the surge through, and will rely on General David Petraeus’s advice on how to proceed come September, regardless of the political climate in Washington.
He scoffed at reports to the contrary in the press. When specifically asked about a Washington Post article this week reporting that his administration is looking for a way to draw down, President Bush said dismissively, “I didn’t read it,” and then, “there are a lot of talkers in Washington.” When it was pointed out that the sources were people in his administration, he repeated, just as dismissively, “That’s what I said, there are a lot of talkers.” He said that not everyone gets to talk to him: “I’m not on the phone chatting up with these people writing these articles, ascribing motives to me.”
The president made his intentions clear Friday afternoon. He’s not going to abandon the surge, despite all the talk of his administration being willing to move to the Iraq Study Group model of the Iraq war. He views “this period as fundamental for deciding whether or not this nation is going to be secure throughout a lot of the 21st century. And therefore when it comes to the war in Iraq, as you know, I made a decision not to leave but to put more in, and I will support our troops and support Gen. Petraeus, his plan.”
You can read the entire article here:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=M2VhMzIzNTZkNzBjMzQ0MDE5MWNhOGY0YjAxYjdiMDk=
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EAGER FOR DEFEAT?
By Investor’s Business Daily
Leadership: Despite intense political pressure to buckle or fold on Iraq, President Bush has stayed admirably steadfast on winning the war on terror. We only wish we could say the same for others in the nation’s capital.
The progress report that the president issued Thursday on the Iraq front served notice to foes that, like the Tom Petty song says, he won’t back down. It was a good refrain to hear.
“The real debate over Iraq,” Bush told a White House press conference, “is between those who think the fight is lost or not worth the cost, and those who believe the fight can be won and that, as difficult as the fight is, the cost of defeat would be far higher.”
It’s not hard to guess which camp most members of Congress are in. Or Bush, for that matter.
You can read the entire commentary here:
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=269132354274252
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POLLING UPDATE:
AP/IPSOS REID
President Bush: 33%
Congress: 24%
AP Poll: PUBLIC GIVES CONGRESS LOW MARKS
By Darlene Superville
WASHINGTON - In the eyes of the public, Congress is doing even worse than the president.
Public satisfaction with the job lawmakers are doing has fallen 11 points since May, to 24 percent, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll. That’s lower than for President Bush, who hasn’t fared well lately, either.
Bush has been taking heat over the Iraq war, his decision to spare a former top vice presidential aide from going to prison and his desire for an overhaul of immigration laws that critics said would give a free pass to illegal immigrants. His job approval rating in the AP-Ipsos survey remained virtually unchanged at 33 percent.
The 24 percent approval rating for Congress matched its previous low, which came in June 2006, five months before Democrats won control of the House and Senate due to public discontent with the job Republicans were doing.
Just two months ago, 35 percent of the public approved of Congress’ work.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070713/ap_on_re_us/congress_ap_poll;_ylt=AqdnRx_eqD6KTXjmtHdDfgxp24cA
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RASMUSSEN
36% approve
http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/political_updates/president_bush_job_approval
When even the grossly biased AP poll puts the President’s JA rating in the 30s, then you know this nonsense about the President’s ratings sliding into the 20s is just so much Democrat/left propaganda!!
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THE STOCK MARKET AND ECONOMY CONTINUE TO SOAR . . . THANK YOU PRESIDENT BUSH!
JONNY!!!!
Blessings on our favorite artist for faithfully bringing us the Dose.
THE STOCK MARKET AND ECONOMY CONTINUE TO SOAR....and our president is still trashed for a “poor economy” and “runaway unemployment”...though the unemployed are at their lowest point in years. The Media will NOT give the man credit!
Great selection of pics tonight jonny....TGIF.....and thanks for a great Dose as always.....love you sweetie.
JONNY! How is your summer going?
Hello hope you are OK have not seen you around recently................................................
Hello, I’m ok. Just taking a much needed “all things political” break. :)
I love it - thanks
Thanks
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You’re welcome.
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