05/12/2004
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"The reinforcements we've sent to Baghdad are having an impact."
"Members of Congress say they support the troops. Now they need to show that support in deed as well as in word."
"If Congress fails to pass a bill I can sign by mid-May, the problems grow even more acute."
"It is best to defeat them there so we don't have to face them here."