On the recordJuly 11, 2007
The bottom line is that this is a preliminary report. I'm not making any excuses, but it is hard. I don't think Congress ought to be running the war. I think they ought to be funding our troops.
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President Bush discusses the challenges of the Iraq war and expresses his belief that Congress should focus on funding troops rather than directing military operations.
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