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On the recordDecember 6, 2005
quiet steady progress -- those were his words -- as happening in Iraq, though he concedes that reconstruction hasn't gone as smoothly as the administration had hoped.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas
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President Bush discusses the situation in Iraq and acknowledges challenges in reconstruction.

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