President Bush said today he has no doubt that Iran has supplied weapons used against U.S. forces in Iraq, but he stressed that he does not know whether the top leadership in Iran ordered the activity, and he denied that he is using the issue as a "pretext" for war against Iran.
In his first news conference of the new year, Bush also sought to walk a fine line on a House resolution that expresses disapproval of his plan to augment U.S. forces in Iraq. He said the Democratic resolution, which is scheduled to come to a vote Friday after three days of debate, prejudges a Baghdad security plan that the troop surge is aimed at bolstering. But he stopped short of the harsher criticism leveled by fellow Republicans, and he said the key issue is the continuation of congressional funding for U.S. troops deployed in Iraq.
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said @ Wed Feb 14, 2007 @ 2:59pm
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