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President Bush is on the offensive. His Veteran's Day speech took to task those who are questioning the intelligence gathering and subsequent decision to invade Iraq. "Some Democrats and anti-war critics are now claiming we manipulated the intelligence and misled the American people about why we went to war," Bush said. "They also know that intelligence agencies from around the world agreed with our assessment of Saddam Hussein." In taking on his critics the President noted that the criticism has an effect on the morale of coalition forces engaged in combat. "These baseless attacks send the wrong signal to our...

What is the ultimate goal of taking on the dems in the Bush lied fight. Is it to try to get his jA numbers up. Does anyone think it will work? What do you all think will happen if that fight is kept up?

President Commemorates Veterans Day, Discusses War on Terror Tobyhanna Army Depot Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania Fact Sheet: Honoring America's Veterans In Focus: Honoring Our Veterans 11:45 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Thank you all for coming, please be seated. Thanks for the warm welcome. I'm glad to be back in Pennsylvania and I'm proud to be the first sitting President to visit Monroe County. (Applause.) I'm especially pleased to see so many military veterans with us today. Those who have risked their lives for our freedom have the respect and gratitude of our nation on Veterans Day...

Any one just see the Paige Hopkins interview about the President's recent speech? Who was that man speaking for the Republicans? I heard him saying that presidents make the error of "not admitting mistakes". Did I just miss hear all that?

After weeks and months of media induced martyrdom, President Bush finally attacked the Democrats for their dishonest attempts to rewrite history! "The stakes in the global war on terror are too high and the national interest is too important for politicians to throw out false charges," the president said in his combative Veterans Day speech. Defending the march to war, Bush said that foreign intelligence services and Democrats and Republicans alike were convinced at the time that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. "Some Democrats and anti-war critics are now claiming we manipulated the intelligence and...

President Bush on Friday shot back at critics claiming his administration misconstrued or lied about pre-war intelligence showing that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, saying "it is deeply irresponsible to rewrite the history of how that war began." "The stakes in the global War on Terror are too high and the national interest is too important for the politicians to throw out false charges," Bush said. "These baseless attacks send the wrong signal to our troops and to an enemy that is questioning America's will." Bush also reiterated the need to defeat extremists seeking to destroy America and...

ON VETERANS' DAY, the president fought back. In a major speech Friday at Tobyhanna Army Depot in Pennsylvania, President Bush defended the war in Iraq. Most notably, he defended the probity and honesty with which his administration made the case for the war to remove Saddam. At last, the president confronted the slander that he "lied us into war"--a slander propagated by his opponents with amazing success. Here is the key passage in Bush's speech: While it's perfectly legitimate to criticize my decision or the conduct of the war, it is deeply irresponsible to rewrite the history of how that...

Bush Charges Critics of Iraq War With 'Rewriting History' By Randy Hall CNSNews.com Staff Writer/Editor November 11, 2005 (CNSNews.com) - During a Veterans Day speech at a military installation in Pennsylvania, President Bush charged that "it is deeply irresponsible" for those who criticize the war in Iraq to "rewrite the history of how that war began." At the U.S. Army depot in Tobyhanna, Pa., Bush said on Friday that "the stakes in the global war on terror are too high and the national interest is too important for politicians to throw out false charges. "These baseless attacks send the wrong...

Today the President spoke to a group of Veterans at the Tobyhanna Army Depot in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania where he discussed the War on Terror and counter the useless lying democrats who have been very busy doing all they can to undermine the War, The President and our National Security. The Former Amphibious Automobile crash test dummy, Ted Kennedy, was quick to release a statement condemning the President for speaking out against them on Veterans Day. White House Press Secretary, Scott McClellan, responded to the fat Drunk from Massachusetts with this statement: "It is regrettable that Senator Kennedy has chosen Veteran's...

President Bush forcefully attacked critics of the war in Iraq on Friday, accusing them of trying to rewrite history and saying they are undercutting American forces on the front lines. "The stakes in the global war on terror are too high and the national interest is too important for politicians to throw out false charges," the president said in his combative Veterans Day speech. Defending the march to war, Bush said that foreign intelligence services and Democrats and Republicans alike were convinced at the time that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. "Some Democrats and anti-war...

Bush to swing back at Democrats 19 minutes ago U.S. President George W. Bush will use a Veterans Day speech on Friday to fight back against Democratic charges that the White House misused intelligence to gain support for the Iraq war, administration officials said. "The president is going to directly take on the false attacks that Democratic leaders have been making," a senior administration official told Reuters. Democrats in recent weeks have been accusing the White House of manipulating intelligence on Iraq and leaking classified information to discredit critics of the war. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a top aide to Vice...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2005 – President Bush today used Veterans Day, a day originally designated to commemorate victory in World War I, as an opportunity to reaffirm the United States' commitment to seeing the war on terror through to victory. "The nation has made a clear choice," the president told a gathering of servicemembers, veterans and family members at Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pa. "We will not tire or rest until the war on terror is won." Bush condemned terrorists who attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, and have continued to spread violence around the world, using what he...

To: National Desk Contact: White House Press Office, 202-456-2580 WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a transcript of remarks by President Bush on the war on terror: Tobyhanna Army Depot Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania 11:45 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Thank you all for coming, please be seated. Thanks for the warm welcome. I'm glad to be back in Pennsylvania and I'm proud to be the first sitting President to visit Monroe County. (Applause.) I'm especially pleased to see so many military veterans with us today. Those who have risked their lives for our freedom have...

NOVEMBER 11, 2005 SPEAKER: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES [*] BUSH: Thank you all for coming. Thank you for the warm welcome. I'm glad to be back in Pennsylvania, and I'm proud to be the first sitting president to visit Monroe County. (APPLAUSE) I'm especially pleased to see so many military veterans with us today. Those who have risked their lives for our freedom have the respect and gratitude of our nation on Veterans Day and on every day. (APPLAUSE) Tobyhanna is a fitting place to commemorate Veterans Day. For the better part of a century this...

<p>President Bush is making a speech at noon. Fox is reporting he will address the criticism aimed at him by the democrats in the past two weeks.</p>

E-mail Author Author Archive Send to a Friend Version November 11, 2005, 2:18 p.m. War & Responsibility “It is deeply irresponsible to rewrite the history of how that war began.” EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the text of a Veterans Day speech President George W. Bush delivered at Tobyhanna Army Depot, in Pennsylvania, as released by the White House. Thank you all very much. Thank you all for coming, please be seated. Thanks for the warm welcome. I'm glad to be back in Pennsylvania and I'm proud to be the first sitting President to visit Monroe County. (Applause.) I'm especially...