Bush Talks About Need for Patience in Iraq ; On Home Front, He'll Drop Bid to Ban Gay Unions

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WASHINGTON - President Bush said the public's decision to reelect him was a ratification of his approach toward Iraq and that there was no reason to hold any administration officials accountable for mistakes or misjudgments in prewar planning or managing the violent aftermath.

"We had an accountability moment, and that's called the 2004 elections," Bush said. "The American people listened to different assessments made about what was taking place in Iraq, and they looked at the two candidates, and chose me."

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Bush Talks About Need for Patience in Iraq ; On Home Front, He'll Drop Bid to Ban Gay Unions

With the Iraq elections two weeks away and no signs of the deadly insurgency abating, Bush set no timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops and twice declined to endorse Secretary of State Colin Powell's recent statement that the number of Americans serving in Iraq cou...

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