White House Confirms President Bush Visiting Baghdad
President Bush has arrived in Iraq for an unannounced visit that comes one day after he held talks with his top advisors on the future U.S. role in the country. White House officials confirmed that Mr. Bush is in Iraq for a brief visit to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other officials.
Before the trip was made public, Mr. Bush had been expected to meet via video conference with Iraqi leaders Tuesday from his retreat in Maryland. On Monday, President Bush discussed with advisors how to help Iraq deal with security, economic and energy problems. He also vowed the United States will stand by Iraq as its new defense minister assesses the situation. Mr. Bush declined to make predictions about U.S. troop withdrawals.
布什總統(tǒng)抵達(dá)伊拉克進(jìn)行事先沒有宣布的訪問。一天前，布什和他的一些高級顧問就未來美國在伊拉克的角色進(jìn)行了磋商。白宮官員確認(rèn)，布什正在伊拉克進(jìn)行短暫訪問，與伊拉克總理馬利基和其他官員舉行會談。
布什出訪的消息公布之前，人們預(yù)期布什星期二在馬里蘭州的度假地與伊拉克新政府領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人進(jìn)行視頻會議。星期一，布什總統(tǒng)和他的高級顧問就如何協(xié)助伊拉克處理安全、經(jīng)濟(jì)以及能源問題進(jìn)行了討論。布什還誓言美國將支持伊拉克。伊拉克的新國防部長正在評估伊拉克的局勢。布什拒絕預(yù)測美國軍隊(duì)什么時間撤離伊拉克。
President Bush has arrived in Iraq for an unannounced visit that comes one day after he held talks with his top advisors on the future U.S. role in the country. White House officials confirmed that Mr. Bush is in Iraq for a brief visit to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other officials.
Before the trip was made public, Mr. Bush had been expected to meet via video conference with Iraqi leaders Tuesday from his retreat in Maryland. On Monday, President Bush discussed with advisors how to help Iraq deal with security, economic and energy problems. He also vowed the United States will stand by Iraq as its new defense minister assesses the situation. Mr. Bush declined to make predictions about U.S. troop withdrawals.
布什總統(tǒng)抵達(dá)伊拉克進(jìn)行事先沒有宣布的訪問。一天前，布什和他的一些高級顧問就未來美國在伊拉克的角色進(jìn)行了磋商。白宮官員確認(rèn)，布什正在伊拉克進(jìn)行短暫訪問，與伊拉克總理馬利基和其他官員舉行會談。
布什出訪的消息公布之前，人們預(yù)期布什星期二在馬里蘭州的度假地與伊拉克新政府領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人進(jìn)行視頻會議。星期一，布什總統(tǒng)和他的高級顧問就如何協(xié)助伊拉克處理安全、經(jīng)濟(jì)以及能源問題進(jìn)行了討論。布什還誓言美國將支持伊拉克。伊拉克的新國防部長正在評估伊拉克的局勢。布什拒絕預(yù)測美國軍隊(duì)什么時間撤離伊拉克。