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President Bush Discusses War on Terror, Economy with Associated General Contractors of AmericaWillard HotelWashington, D.C. Play Video Presidential Remarks Audio 9:44 A.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT:Thank you all; please be seated. Steve, unlike you, Ihave trouble finding the front end of a front-end loader. (Laughter.)Thanks for having me. I'm proud to be here with the AGC. It's theoldest and largest construction trade association in our country. Iunderstand I'm not the first Bush to have ever addressed the AGCconvention -- a person I now refer to as \"41\" addressed you.(Laughter.) And I appreciated your hospitality to him then, and Iappreciate your hospitality to me today.I want to talk about -- a little bit about our economy and I want totalk a lot about our security.And I thank you for giving me a chanceto come by. What I thought I would do is try to keep my remarksrelatively brief and then maybe give you all some time to ask somequestions.First, I want to thank Steve. Steve is a Virginia Tech grad, and ourhearts are still heavy as a result of that terrible incident there onthe campus. And, yet, the amazing thing about that campus -- and a lotof other places around the country -- is we've got a great resiliency;people bounce back from tragedy. So, Steve, you can tell the VirginiaTech community we're still thinking about them and appreciate very muchthe great kind of strength of spirit there -- at least I saw that therein Blacksburg, Virginia.I want to thank two members of the Senate who have joined us. First,John Warner, from Virginia. Senator, thank you for coming; rankingmember of the House Military Committee -- Armed Services Committee --he's a strong supporter of the troops.And I appreciate Senator JoeLieberman. John is a Republican, Senator Lieberman is an independent.Joe Lieberman is one of these -- I would call him a unique soul whofollowed his conscience, stood for what he believed in, in the face of apolitical firestorm. And he proved that if you stand on conviction, thepeople will follow. And I look forward to working with these two reallyfine public servants to make the decisions necessary to protect theUnited States.And I'm honored you all are here and thank you forcoming. (Applause.)I like to be in the room of builders and doers and problem solvers andentrepreneurs.And I thank you for what you do every day. Your job isto improve infrastructure and provide work for people.Our job is toprovide an environment so that you can build infrastructure and providework for people. Our job is not to try to create wealth in government.Our job is to create an environment that encourages small businesses andentrepreneurial -- and entrepreneurs.I believe this administration has done that, particularly since we cuttaxes.You know, most small businesses and self-employed people, peoplein your line of work, or many of them, are not corporations. They'vesole proprietorships, or subchapter S corporations, or limitedpartnerships that pay tax at the individual income tax level.And, therefore, when you cut taxes, we not only -- individual rates,we're not only cutting them on the people who work for you or work withyou, we're cutting them on you. And my attitude is the more money youhave in your treasuries, the more likely it is you'll be able to expand.The more incentive you have to buy a piece of equipment, the more likelyit is you'll buy one, which means that somebody is going to have tobuild it for you.The best way to enhance pro-growth economic policies is to cut the taxeson the American people. And that's exactly what we did. These taxesare set to expire. In my judgment, if Congress really wants to create apro-growth attitude for a long time coming, they ought to make the taxrelief we passed permanent. They ought not to let them expire.(Applause.)My attitude is this about the budget: The best way to balance thebudget is to keep taxes low, encourage growth, which enhances taxrevenues, and be wise about how we spend money. I worry about theattitude, don't worry, we're just going to raise the taxes on some tobalance the budget. No, they'll raise the tax on some and figure outnew ways to spend the money.And we're proving that pro-growth economic policies with fiscaldiscipline can work. And our budgets are shrinking [sic]. The best way tokeep them shrinking is keep the economy growing and be wise about -- andsetting priorities with your money.There's other things we can do in Washington. We've got to make surehealth care is affordable and available, without inviting the federalgovernment to run the health care system. Got to do something aboutthese junk lawsuits that I'm sure you're concerned about. We've got tocontinue to invest in the nation's infrastructure. We also need animmigration system that upholds the rule of law and treats people withrespect. We need an immigration system that secures our borders andmeets the needs of our economy. As I said in the speech down in Floridathe other day, we need an immigration system without amnesty and withoutanimosity. In other words, we need a comprehensive immigration reform.I want to thank you for the stand you have taken in working withCongress on comprehensive immigration reform. I join you. I will workwith both Republicans and Democrats to get a bill to my desk before thesummer is out, hopefully. And I thank the leadership in the Senatethat's working through this issue. I want to thank Senator Jon Kyl ofArizona for working hard on this, Mel Martinez, Arlen Specter, LindseyGraham. There's a series of senators who are working with Ted Kennedy,who is a strong advocate for comprehensive immigration reform.And Iappreciate the leadership he's taken, along with Ken Salazar ofColorado.We're making progress.There's a lot more work to be done, and yourhelp is important. And so I want to thank you for coming up with arational, reasonable, logical plan.I want to talk to you about the other main issue we have here inAmerica, and that is your security. The most important job we have isto secure the United States of America. That's the most important jobof the federal government. You expect us to spend enormous amounts ofenergy protecting you, and that's what we're doing. I vowed to theAmerican people we would not tire when it came to protecting you, andwe're not going to. Matter of fact, I spend a lot of time thinkingabout this issue. I wish I didn't have to spend time thinking about theissue, but I do, because there's still an enemy out there that wouldlike to do America harm. And, therefore, at this hour, we've got menand women in uniform engaging our enemies around the world. Ourstrategy is, we've got to keep the pressure on them. We would ratherfight them there, so we don't have to face them here. (Applause.)And the most visible and violent front of this global war is Iraq. Andit's a tough fight. It has been a difficult year for the Americanpeople, I understand that. It reached -- last year was, this battlereached its most difficult point to date. The terrorists and extremistsand radicals set off a wave of sectarian violence that engulfed thatyoung democracy's capital. It threatened to destabilize the entirecountry.So earlier this year I laid out a new strategy in Iraq. I named a newcommander to carry it out, General David Petraeus. I want to give yousome facts about the new strategy, and talk about why Iraq relatesdirectly to the safety of the American people.The most important fact about our new strategy, it is fundamentallydifferent from the previous strategy. The previous strategy wasn'tworking the way we wanted it to work. It's interesting, they run polls-- and I accept that -- and it said, you know, we don't approve ofwhat's happening in Iraq. That was what the poll said last fall andwinter, you know. And had they polled me, I'd have said the same thing.(Laughter.) I didn't approve of what was happening in Iraq. And so weput a new strategy in that was fundamentally different.First of all, Petraeus, General Petraeus is an expert oncounterinsurgency, and his top priority is to help the Iraqi leaders --who, by the way, were elected by nearly 12 million of their citizens --secure their population. And the reason why is, is that this youngdemocracy needed some time to make important political decisions to helpreconcile the country.After a thorough review, we concluded the bestway to help Iraq's leaders to provide security was to send more troopsinto the nation's capital, into the country; was to send reinforcementsto those troops which were already there. And their job was to go afterthe extremists and radicals who were inciting sectarian violence. Theirjob was to help get Baghdad under control. And their job was tocontinue to train Iraqi forces for the day they can secure the countryon their own.Last week, General Petraeus came to Washington, and he updated me and heupdated the Congress on the early stages of this new strategy -- and Irepeat, early stages. He reminded us that not all the reinforcementshe'd requested have arrived, that it's going to be at least until theend of this summer that he will know whether or not the new strategy hasachieved successes.And that means the strategy is in early stages. My view is the Congressand the country ought to give General Petraeus time to see whether ornot this works. And it's interesting, he goes up in front of the Senateand gets confirmed unanimously. And he said, I need more troops, duringhis testimony; send me more troops and I will go implement a new plan.They said, okay, fine, we confirm you.And yet there are some doubts inWashington whether or not they ought to send the troops.The troops are going, the strategy is new, and the General said, let'sgive it some time to work to see whether or not it's successful, andI'll be able to report back to the country by the end of this summer.The most significant element of the new strategy is being carried out inthe capital. The whole purpose is to secure the capital. My theory is,and it's a good one, is that if the capital is in chaos, the countrycan't -- it's going to be difficult for the country to survive.The strategy is also being carried out in what's called surroundingbelts.This is the areas that kind of arc around the capital, and it'sa place where there's been a lot of planning and plotting and attacking.Three American brigades, totaling about 12,000 reinforcements, havetaken up their positions in the Baghdad area. The fourth brigade,fourth of five, is heading into Baghdad this week. And the fifth is onits way. In other words, you just don't take five brigades and movethem in overnight. There's a sequencing that has to take place, andthat sequencing is now being completed.The Iraqis, by the way, have increased their own forces. In otherwords, this is a joint operation. This is the Americans and coalitionforces helping the Iraqis provide security so that the average personcan live a peaceful life. That's what they want. And so we've gotabout a total of 80,000 combat forces now in the Baghdad area -- U.S.,combined with the Iraqi forces. The position of the forces is shifting.We used to have our forces live in bases outside the city. They wouldgo in at night or during the day and then leave and go back home atnight.They did a fine job, as we expect our U.S. forces to do, theIraqi forces would do so. And then when they would leave, killers wouldmove back in.And so now we've got American troops are now living and working in smallneighborhood posts called joint security stations. This is what'sfundamentally different from the strategy. Our troops, with the Iraqis,go into a neighborhood, and they stay.They operate side by side withthe Iraqi forces.What's interesting is, is that the plan, General Petraeus's plan, is tohelp build trust. And when you build trust, you end up getting peoplebuying into a centralized government, a unity government, a country thatis united. And not only that, you end up getting cooperation frompeople. Remember, most people want to live peaceful lives. I hope thismake sense to you, because I firmly believe that Iraqi moms want theirchild to grow up in a peaceful world, just like American moms do.And so we're seeing some gains. The interesting thing about this isthat the nature of this strategy is that the most important gains areoften the least dramatic. It doesn't generate much attention whenviolence does not happen. Instead, some important indicators ofprogress in the security plan are less visible. I would like to sharesome with you.The level of cooperation from local residents is important. It's anindication as to whether or not we're making progress: our ability totake weapons off the street and break up extremist groups; thewillingness of Iraqis to join their security forces is an interestingmeasurement. And, finally, it's important to measure the level ofsectarian violence. If the objective is to bring security to thecapital, one measurement is whether or not sectarian violence isdeclining. These measures are really not flashy. In other words,they're not headline-grabbing measures. They certainly can't competewith a car bomb or a suicide attack. But they are interestingindications. And as General Petraeus reported, these are heading in theright direction.For example, General Petraeus reports that American and Iraqi forcesreceived more tips from local residents in the past four months thanduring any other four-month period on record. People are beginning tohave some confidence and they're beginning to step forth withinformation, information that will help them live normal lives.Thanks to these tips the number of weapons caches that are being seizedare growing each month. Better intelligence has led American and Iraqiforces in Baghdad and the surrounding belts to conduct operationsagainst Sunni and Shia extremists. My attitude is, if murderers runfree, it's going to be hard to convince the people of any society thatthe government is worth supporting. And, therefore, the Iraqis and U.S.forces and coalition forces are after murderers regardless of theirreligious affiliation.American and Iraqi forces captured the head of a major car bombing ringrecently, the leader of a bombing network with ties to Iran, members ofa death squad that terrorized a Baghdad neighborhood, the leader of asecret militia cell that kidnapped and executed American soldiers.These are just some examples of what happens when you start to earn theconfidence of the people.Baghdad residents see actions, they grow more confident. Interestinglyenough, General Petraeus reported that in his short time he's beenthere, and in the short time that this plan is being implemented --remember, it's not fully implemented: three of the brigades arepresent, are in place; the fourth brigade has just moved into Baghdadand it will be in place relatively soon, and the fifth is on its way --that in spite of the fact that we haven't fully implemented the plan,the number of sectarian murders in Baghdad has dropped substantially.Even as the sectarian attacks have declined, the overall level ofviolence in Baghdad remains high. Illegal armed groups continue theirattacks; insurgents remain deadly. In other words, as we reportprogress, it's very important for us to make sure that the Americanpeople understand there's still issues, there's still challenges.Illegal armed groups need to be dealt with, and we are.The primary reason for the high level of violence is this: al Qaeda hasratcheted up its campaign of high-profile attacks, including deadlysuicide bombers carried out by foreign terrorists. In the past threeweeks, al Qaeda has sent suicide bombers into the Iraqi parliament. Orthey send a suicide attack into an American military base. Theseattacks may seem like random killing; they're not. They're part of alQaeda's calculated campaign to reignite sectarian violence in Baghdad,to discourage the Iraqi citizen, and to break support for the war hereat home. This is what these murderers are trying to achieve.I don't need to remind you who al Qaeda is. Al Qaeda is the group thatplot and planned and trained killers to come and kill people on oursoil. The same bunch that is causing havoc in Iraq were the ones whocame and murdered our citizens. I've got to tell you, that day deeplyaffected my decision-making. And I vowed that I would do anything thatI possibly could within the law to protect the American citizens againstfurther attack by these ideologues, by these murderers.And so while I'm talking about al Qaeda in Iraq, I fully recognize whathappens in Iraq matters here at home. Despite their tremendousbrutality, they failed to provoke the large-scale sectarian reprisalsthat al Qaeda wants. The recent attacks are not the revenge killingsthat some have called a civil war. They are a systematic assault on theentire nation.Al Qaeda is public enemy number one in Iraq. And allpeople of that society ought to come together and recognize the threat,unite against the threat and reconcile their differences.For America, the decision we face in Iraq is not whether we ought totake sides in a civil war, it's whether we stay in the fight against thesame international terrorist network that attacked us on 9/11.Istrongly believe it's in our national interest to stay in the fight.(Applause.)As you watch the developments in Baghdad, it's important to understandthat we will not be able to prevent every al Qaeda attack. When aterrorist is willing to kill himself to kill others, it's really hard tostop him. Yet, over time, the security operation in Baghdad is designedto shrink the areas where al Qaeda can operate, it's designed to bringout more intelligence about their presence, and designed to allowAmerican and Iraqi forces to dismantle their network.We have a strategy to deal with al Qaeda in Iraq. But any time you sayto a bunch of cold-blooded killers, success depends on no violence, allthat does is hand them the opportunity to be successful. And it's hard.I know it's hard for the American people to turn on their TV screens andsee the horrific violence. It speaks volumes about the American desireto protect lives of innocent people, America's deep concern about humanrights and human dignity. It also speaks volumes about al Qaeda, thatthey're willing to take innocent life to achieve political objectives.The terrorists will continue to fight back. In other words, theyunderstand what they're doing.And casualties are likely to stay high.Yet, day by day, block by block, we are steadfast in helping Iraqileaders counter the terrorists, protect their people, and reclaim thecapital. And if I didn't think it was necessary for the security of thecountry, I wouldn't put our kids in harm's way.We're seeing significant progress from our new strategy in Anbarprovince, as well. That's a largely Sunni area west of Baghdad. It'sbeen a hotbed for al Qaeda and insurgents. According to a captured alQaeda document -- in other words, according to what al Qaeda has said --and by the way, in a war to protect America, it's really important totake the words of the enemy very seriously -- according to thisdocument, the terrorists' goal is to take over Anbar and make it theirhome base in Iraq. According to the document we captured -- that is adocument from al Qaeda, the same people that attacked us in America --their objective is to find safe haven in this part of Iraq. They wouldbring them closer -- that would bring them closer to their objective,their stated objective, which is to destroy the young Iraqi democracy,to help them build a radical Islamic empire based upon their darkideology, and launch new attacks on the United States, at home andabroad. That's what they've said they want to do.Al Qaeda has pursued their objective with a ruthless campaign ofviolence. They can't persuade people through logic. They have toterrorize people and force people to try to allow them to impose theirpoint of view.And not long ago, it looked like they might prevail inAnbar -- looked pretty grim, it really did. Then something began tochange, because we were steadfast, because our troops and our diplomatsare courageous people . Tribal sheikhs finally said, enough is enough.The local leaders said, we're tired of it. And they joined the fightagainst al Qaeda.The sheikhs and their followers knew exactly who the terrorists were,and they began to provide highly specific intelligence to American andIraqi forces. In asymmetrical warfare, you've got to have goodintelligence in order to be able to deal with the enemy. In the olddays, you could see platoons moving, you could see ships floating along,aircraft in formation flying to a location. In this war it's different.In this war you have to know specifically where an IED factory may be.You have to know in advance that somebody's getting ready to slide intosociety and kill innocent in order to achieve an objective. Intelligenceis important. And so they began to provide intelligence, all aiming tosecure their part of Iraq so they could live in peace.They began to encourage their young men to volunteer for the securityforces. The number of Iraqi army and police recruits in Anbar hasskyrocketed. It's an interesting measurement, isn't it There's athreat to the security of their people, the local leader said, why don'tyou join up to help defend us, and the number of recruits issignificant.Our commanders saw this as an opportunity to step up the pressure on alQaeda.Our commanders made the recommendation from the field that theycould use more troops to help secure Anbar. And so I ordered additionalU.S. Marines and special operation forces to Anbar as part of ourreinforcement package; 4,000 of the troops are going into Anbar.Together, American and Iraqi forces are striking powerful blows. We'vecleared out terrorist strongholds like Ramadi and Fallujah. We're therewith the Iraqis so that they can't take those cities back -- \"they,\" theenemy.American and Iraqi forces are operating in places that have beentoo dangerous to go before, and people are beginning to see somethingchange.In Ramadi, for example, our forces have seized nearly as many weaponscaches in the past four months as they did in all of last year. We'vecaptured key al Qaeda leaders.We're on the hunt. We're keeping thepressure on them, in Iraq and everywhere else in the world in which theytry to hide. These al Qaeda leaders are revealing important detailsabout how their network operates inside of Iraq.Al Qaeda has responded with sickening brutality. They've bombed fellowSunnis in prayer at a mosque. They murdered local residents withchlorine truck bombs. They recruited children as young as 12-years-oldto carry out suicide attacks. But this time, the Sunni tribes in Anbarare refusing to be intimidated.They are showing that al Qaeda's ideology lacks popular appeal andstaying power.Ultimately, what matters is what you believe. TheUnited States and our coalition and most Iraqis believe in liberty. AlQaeda believes in imposing their dark vision on others, and are willingto use death and murder to do so.I appreciate the determination of the Iraqi people. I appreciate theircourage. I appreciate the fact that these tribal sheiks have stood upin Anbar, and we will stand with them.Our men and women in uniformtook al Qaeda's safe haven away in Afghanistan, and we're not going tolet them reestablish a safe haven in Iraq. (Applause.)The military gains achieved by new operations are designed to giveIraq's government time to make political progress. We fully recognizethat the military cannot solve this problem alone, that there has to bepolitical reconciliation, and economic process -- progress.You know, the Iraq government has been in office about a year.Andthey're beginning to make some progress toward political benchmarks ithas set, political benchmarks I support. The legislature has passed abudget that commits $10 billion for reconstruction projects. That's $10billion of the Iraqi people's money -- positive sign -- the assemblymet, they appropriated money for the good of the Iraqi people.Theyspent $7.3 billion to train and equip their own security forces. Thecouncil of ministers has approved legislation that would provide aframework for equitable sharing of oil resources. We strongly believe-- by the way, both Republicans, Democrats, and independents -- believestrongly that a good oil bill will help unite the country. That's whyit's a benchmark. And they're making -- this government is makingprogress toward an important piece of legislation that would help thesecurity track progress, as well as the political and economic track.The government has formed a committee to organize provincial elections.That's important. If you want people buying into government, thereneeds to be provincial elections, so that when the money is distributedfrom the central government, there's a representative government thereto spend the money. Leaders have taken initial steps toward anagreement on de-Baathification policy.That's an important piece ofreconciliation that we think ought to go forward. A committee ismeeting with all major Iraqi groups to review the constitution. Andthere's a key conference tomorrow and Friday in Egypt, where PrimeMinister Maliki will work to build greater support from Iraq's neighborsand the international community. It's in the world's interest that thisyoung democracy survive. It's certainly in the interest of theneighborhood that Iraq be a country that can govern itself and sustainitself and defend itself, a government which rejects radicalism. Andit's in the world's interest.And so Condoleezza Rice -- I talked to her last night on her way out oftown -- is heading over to Egypt. And she's going to represent ourcountry -- and she represents it well, by the way -- and will do so inEgypt.It's going to be an important international conference. And I'mlooking forward to seeing the outcome of that conference.Iraq's leaders still have got a lot to do, don't get me wrong.Yes,there's progress, but they've got a lot more to do. And the UnitedStates expects them to do it; just like I expect them to remaincourageous, and just like they expect us to keep our word. What'sinteresting is, is that the Iraqis are making a calculation: Will theUnited States of America keep its word Because if not, they want to dosomething different. And I think it's going to be important for us tokeep signaling them as they make progress, we appreciate the progress;more to do, no question about it, and we expect them to do it, but theycan also count on us to keep our word.The stakes are high, really high in Iraq. General Petraeus is beginningto carry out the strategy, yet the Democrat leaders in Congress havechosen this time to try to force a precipitous withdrawal. In otherwords, I was presented a bill last night that said, there's a timetable,you had to leave -- start leaving by July 1st and definitely be leavingby October 1st. That didn't make any sense to me, to impose the will ofpoliticians over the recommendations of our military commanders in thefield.So I vetoed the bill. (Applause.)That phase of the process is now over, and a new phase has begun. Lateron this afternoon, leaders from both parties and both chambers arecoming down to the White House. And I look forward to meeting withthem. I am confident that with goodwill on both sides, that we can movebeyond political statements and agree on a bill that gives our troopsthe funds and the flexibility they need to do the job that we have askedthem to do.As we move forward the debate, there are some other things that all ofus in Washington should keep in mind. First of all, debate is good. Ihave no problem with debates. This issue of Iraq and this war on terrordeserves a serious discussion across the United States. We don't agreeon every issue, but one of the things I have heard here in Washington isthat people understand the consequences of failure in Iraq. If we wereto leave Iraq before the government can defend itself, there would be asecurity vacuum.Extremists and radicals love vacuums and chaos. It gives them a chanceto use their tactics, tactics of death, to spread their ideology. Themore chaotic a region, for example, or the less control there is in aregion, the more the state looks like a failed state, these people thatattacked us on September the 11th can be emboldened, it will encouragethem. It will enable them to achieve objectives. I'm deeply concernedabout a vacuum in Iraq encouraging rival extremist factions to competefor power.I worry about a situation where if radicals took control of a countrylike Iraq, they would have oil resources to use at their disposal to tryto achieve their objectives. You can attack a nation several ways.One, you can get 19 kids to fly airplanes into buildings, or you cangain control of something a country needs and deny that country accessto that, in this case, oil, and run the price of oil up, all attemptingto inflict serious economic damage.And by the way, an opportunity for radicals and extremists to gainresources would not only enable them to inflict economic damage, itwould enable them to achieve other objectives.They'd have moreresources at their disposal. All the radicals and extremists in Iraqdon't want to attack America, I'm not saying that, but many do. Andtherein lies the danger to our country.Al Qaeda terrorists who behead captives and order suicide bombings inIraq would not simply be satisfied to see us gone. A retreat in Iraqwould mean that they would likely follow us here. A retreat in Iraqwould say to a lot of people around the world, particularly in theMiddle East, America can't keep its word. It would certainly confirm alQaeda's belief that we're weak and soft as a society. It would emboldenthem to be able to recruit. It would more likely enable them to findsafe haven and sanctuary.No responsible leader in Washington has an interest in letting thishappen. Whether you are a Republican or Democrat, there is no benefitin allowing a widespread humanitarian nightmare to consume Iraq. Therewould be no benefit in allowing chaos to spill out of Iraq and into thebroader Middle East. There would be no benefit in emboldening Iran andendangering our allies in the region. And there would be no benefit inallowing the same terrorist network that attacked America on 9/11 togain a safe haven from which to attack us again. Even if you think itwas a mistake to go into Iraq, it would be a far greater mistake to pullout now. (Applause.)This is a frustrating war. Nobody likes war. You know, I know fullwell how many Americans react to what they see on their TV screens. Iwish there was an easy way out -- that's what people wish. But there isno easy way out. The easy road would be the wrong road, in my opinion.Leaving now would be short-term, but bring short-term satisfaction atthe cost of long-term disaster. The outcome in Iraq will have a directimpact on the security of our people here at home. And no matter howtempting it might be, it would be unforgivable for leaders in Washingtonto allow politics and impatience to stand in the way of protecting theAmerican people.Success in this fight is going to be difficult. It will requiresacrifice. It's going to require time. But for all the -- all we hearabout the consequences of failure in Iraq, we also shouldn't forget theconsequences of success. I share with people -- and I do this quiteoften -- but I find it incredibly ironic that during my time asPresident, certainly one of my best friends, and soon to be another bestfriend, are the prime ministers of Japan. I had a very close personalrelationship with Prime Minister Koizumi.And last weekend at Camp David, Laura and I had a chance to -- at theWhite House, and then eventually at Camp David, we hosted Prime MinisterAbe. You know, my dad fought the Japanese. He was an 18-year-old kid,right out of high school, went into the Navy, was a torpedo bomber.Many of your relatives did the same thing. They fought the Japanesewith all their soul and all their might in a bloody, bloody conflict.Japan was a sworn enemy of the United States of America. I doubt in1948 or '49 anybody could have hardly predicted that a President wouldstand up and say, I have found that these two prime ministers of Japanare good to work with to achieve peace.It's an interesting statement, isn't it, about the possibilities ofliberty to change history. And so with Prime Minister Koizumi and PrimeMinister Abe, we talked about security. We talked about working closelytogether to convince the leader of North Korea to give up his nuclearweapons ambitions and programs. We talked about helping the youngdemocracy of Iraq survive in the midst of the Middle East. We fullyunderstand that the long-term way to protect America is to defeat anideology of hate with an ideology of hope. I learned firsthand thepower of liberty to transform an enemy into an ally.I firmly believe that a democracy can survive in the Middle East, and Ibelieve it is a necessary part of laying a foundation of peace forgenerations to come.Good to be with you. (Applause.)Thank you all.Sit down. I'll take some questions. Yes, sir. You getto start since you're the boss. (Laughter.)Q Thank you. In May of 2006, my second cousin was on his second tourin Iraq. Corporal Cory Palmer, he's in the Marines, he was on patrol ina Humvee, and they ran over a roadside bomb. He and many others in thatHumvee perished. What do I need to do, what does the media need to doto help you, so that my second cousin, and others like him, have notdied or been injured in vainTHE PRESIDENT:Thank you. The horrors of war come home to every -- toa lot of families in America. Yesterday I had the honor of meeting withmoms and dads and wives, in this case, children, who have lost a lovedone. And I've met with a lot of families, sadly enough. Most of thetime, I hear that very question. Actually, it's not a question, it's astatement.Here's what I've heard. One, my loved one died doing what he or shewanted to do. Two, do not allow that loved one to have died in vain.In other words, it is an interesting spirit amongst the -- now, listen,I visit with some who say, get out; I wish you hadn't have done this inthe first place. But by far the vast majority reflect what you asked:What does it takeFirst of all, it takes, in order to make sure your loved one didn't diein vain, is to have the will and determination necessary to succeed.One of the reasons I've come to speak to you is because I mustcontinually explain to the American people the stakes in this war, theconsequences of failure, and the consequences of success.In order for me to do my part to make sure your second cousin andanybody else who lost a loved one in Iraq didn't die in vain, is tocontinue to take the case to the American people why what happens inIraq matters to them.Secondly, one way to make sure that your second cousin didn't die invain is to remind legislators that regardless of their position on thewar, that they have got to fund our troops, that they have got to makesure that -- (applause) -- without conditions of -- that say you've gotto withdraw by a certain date.Now, here's the reason that doesn't make any sense. I'm sure a lot ofAmericans know intuitively it doesn't make any sense for people onCapitol Hill to say, you must withdraw. The reason why is, first ofall, we ought to rely upon conditions on the ground, and we ought torely upon our military commanders and our diplomats on the ground togive us advice. It's the best way to conduct a war.Secondly, imagine what a thinking enemy is doing when they heartimetables. Oh, you've got to be out by a certain date Well, whydon't we just wait.Thirdly, what does it say to the Iraqis Remember, there are a lot ofpeople who basically wonder whether or not a coalition is going to standwith them as they make difficult choices. And if you're an Iraqithinking, well, I may have some support, I may not, and if not, I betterstart hedging my bet. The government isn't quite ready to provide thesecurity necessary for people to be comfortable with a reduced coalitionpresence.And therefore -- and by the way, in order to make a unified governmentwork, there has to be people willing to commit to that government.There have to be people willing to commit to civil society. Remember,these people are recovering from a brutal tyrant, and they have to makea -- they've got to commit in their soul that it's worthwhile, that thisgovernment is worthwhile. And they're not willing to make thatcommitment yet because they're uncertain about their future.And so an artificial timetable of withdrawal is -- really affects thepsychology of the Iraqis, as well. That's why I vetoed the bill. And Ibelieve we can work together in Congress to get it done. I think thatsenators would tell you there's an opportunity. And first of all, theygot to fund the troops, because the longer they wait in funding thetroops, it's going to hurt our military. The military is spending moneyover in Iraq as we speak, and they need money.And if they don't getthe money from the supplemental, they'll start taking it from accounts,which could affect readiness. And it begins to affect the overallstrength of our military.And that's one reason I keep explaining that to the American people, sothat they understand that this -- the delays, they make nice politics insome quarters, but it's lousy for our military and the militaryfamilies.Anyway, good question, thanks for asking it. Yes, ma'am.Q I'd like to know, like a lot of other people in this room, we havefamily members -- we have family members who are actively involved inthe security of this country in various ways. From them, we've receivedpositive information that we consider credible, who say about thesuccess and the good things that are happening as a result of us beingin Iraq. I would like to know why and what can be done about we, theAmerican people, receiving some of that information more from the media,or (inaudible.) (Applause.)THE PRESIDENT:If you're trying to goad me into attacking the media,you're crazy. (Laughter.)It's interesting, people get their news all different kinds of ways.This is an interesting, different type of war.I mentioned asymmetricalwarfare. That means an enemy can use inexpensive weapons to try todefeat expensive defensive armament. A car bomb, a suicide bomber, anIED, these are inexpensive weapons that help them achieve strategicobjectives.It's also different in that this is a volunteer army that we havefielded. And, therefore, the role of government is to make sure thatour families are well-supported -- our military families arewell-supported, that the veterans get everything they deserve, and thatthe health care is perfect as possibly can be.And we're working towardit.By the way, I was proud of our Secretary of Defense the other day. Whenhe found inadequate health care, he responded, because he knows -- andthe Congress shares the same view -- is that when we have somebodyvolunteering to be in combat, they and their families deserve the bestthat we can possibly provide.Thirdly, back to your question. You thought I was kind of doing one ofthese -- (laughter) -- Washington, D.C. dodges. (Laughter.) I talk toa lot of families who have got a loved one in Iraq or Afghanistan, oranywhere else in this global war on terror, and they are in constantcommunication with their loved one. That's amazing, isn't it.You'vegot a kid in Iraq who is emailing mom daily, talking about the realitiesof what he or she sees. Information is moving -- you know, nightly newsis one way, of course, but it's also moving through the blogosphere andthrough the Internets.It's amazing how many emails I see from peoplethat are writing in what they think and what they hear.We've all got -- those of us who believe that we're doing the rightthing must continually speak. Joe Lieberman has been great aboutcontinually speaking about the consequences. (Applause.) Wait a minute-- you didn't give me a chance to say something nice about ChairmanWarner. (Laughter.) He, too, has been strong. (Applause.)It's just a -- I can't answer your question beyond that people just needto be -- the best messenger, by the way, for us is David Petraeus,because he's actually there in Baghdad, and Ryan Crocker who isactually -- he's the ambassador who is there in Baghdad. And freedom ofthe press is a valuable freedom here, and it's just something that we'veall got to live with and value it for what it is, and just continue tospeak the truth as best as we can without trying to -- without trying togloss over the inherent dangers.The interesting thing I find is that our -- as the president herementioned, there have been multiple rotations.People have gone back toIraq. In other words, they've re-upped. And the re-enlistment rate ishigh. People are signing up for the first time, as well. And it's justan interesting statement, isn't it, about the character of our military,a character which is -- says that we've got people willing to serve acause greater than themselves.I saw a Marine yesterday -- came out of Anbar.His brother, who was inthe Army, was lost. And I was comforting his family as best as Ipossibly can, or could. And he said, we're making great progress inAnbar, I just wanted to tell you that, President. You know, is he thekind of guy that tells the President what he wants to hear I don'tknow. All I can tell you is what he told me. And I told that to DavidPetraeus, who confirmed it.But slowly but surely, the truth will be known. Either we'll succeed,or we won't succeed. And the definition of success as I described issectarian violence down. Success is not, no violence.There are partsof our own country that have got a certain level of violence to it. Butsuccess is a level of violence where the people feel comfortable aboutliving their daily lives. And that's what we're trying to achieve.I'm asked all the time about strategies. I liked what James A. Bakerand Lee Hamilton reported back after a serious investigation of Iraq. Iliked their ideas. And it's something that we should seriouslyconsider. And their idea was, is that at some point in time, it makessense to have a U.S. presence configured this way, embedded with Iraqiforces, training Iraqi forces, over-the-horizon presence to provideenough security to know that people will have help if they need it, butput the -- more onus on a sovereign government of Iraq, a presence tokeep the territorial integrity of Iraq intact, a special ops presence togo after these killers who have got their intentions on America. It'san interesting idea.By the way, in the report it said, it is -- the government may have toput in more troops to be able to get to that position.And that's whatwe do.We put in more troops to get to a position where we can be insome other place. The question is, who ought to make that decisionThe Congress or the commanders And as you know, my position is clear-- I'm a commander guy.Yes, sir.Q We're General Contractors of America, and what are we doing -- Idon't hear anything about the reconstruction of Iraq. Could you fill usin on that Are we doing enough, as general contractors And we are atyour disposal.And second is a personal question. What do you pray about, and how wecan we pray for youTHE PRESIDENT:Thank you. The first question, our reconstructionstrategy initially was to do big projects, and then those big projectswould be destroyed by the enemy. In other words, they blow them up.And it became very frustrating. And some of the big projects weresuccessful; a lot of them weren't. So therefore we restructured, and wesaid that the best way to help the Iraq -- remember, Iraq has now putout $10 billion of their own money. So, step one, they're a sovereigngovernment, and if we want to do business with Iraq, we can figure outhow you can go do it -- business with Iraq. They're spending their ownmoney.That's what's important to remember.That's actually a hopeful sign, that they appropriated money in aconstitutionally elected assembly, and hopefully that money is spent ina way that encourages all Iraqis to have some faith that the centralgovernment can function rationally. I guess what I'm telling you is,the security situation was such that it made the initial phases of ourreconstruction not as effective as we would have liked.Now we're giving reconstruction money to two different groups -- twogroups of people, not different -- two groups.One, our militarycommanders. It's called CERF money. They go into a neighborhood inBaghdad that had been ravaged by sectarian violence, they bring orderwith the Iraqis, they stay in place, they gain the confidence of thepeople, and there is some reconstruction money to help provide jobs ofcleaning up neighborhoods and rebuilding storefronts.The other reconstruction money goes to what's called provincialreconstruction teams. These are teams of diplomats living out in thehinterlands, working with local folks to meet objectives of the localfolks, so that the people begin to see that there is one, security; two,hope; and three, tangible benefits. And that's how we're using -- I'mnot exactly sure what a proper role could be for you. The good news isI can find out pretty quick -- (laughter) -- \"ly,\" quickly. (Laughter.)The fact that you would ask the question, how can I pray for you, speaksvolumes about the United States of America. I have been amazed by thefact that millions of Americans of all faith, all political backgrounds,pray for me and Laura.And it is unbelievably sustaining. It iscomforting. It is humbling to be prayed for. Wisdom and strength, andmy family, is what I'd like for you to pray for.Yes, sir.Q (Inaudible.)THE PRESIDENT:Okay, we've got dueling questions. (Laughter.) Youjust lost, because he's got the mic. (Laughter.) It's the possessiondeal, you know (Laughter.)Q You talked about the terror of 9/11, and what I wanted to sharewith you, my wife and I had our first child two months after 9/11. Wenamed her Grace, because we felt that the world needed some grace at thetime. And what I wanted to (inaudible) is the fact that ourappreciation and keeping my family and also the families of America safefor the past five years is (inaudible).THE PRESIDENT:Thank you. Thank you.(Applause.) Grace will live --the question is, will Grace live in a peaceful world, today andtomorrow Today, we will continue to stay on the pressure. And we'resharing intelligence and we're on the offense.And my attitude is, isthat if the United States ever let up, it would embolden, it would sendthe wrong signal. So we're pressuring. And I'm -- I would hope whoevertakes my place would have that same sense of urgency. You know, nomatter what you may be hearing, it's -- people, when they get in thatOval Office and take a look at the realities of the world will, Isuspect, subscribe to the -- that we just need to be not only vigilant,but pressuring.You know, the interesting debate that we're now confronted with is thisideological debate about whether or not it's worth it to spread freedom.Should we spread freedom Can the spread of freedom take root indangerous parts of the world And is it worth it Does it make senseAs you can tell, I'm a strong proponent of spreading freedom. First ofall -- and I've got confidence that freedom can be spread in parts ofthe world where it may look -- may look difficult at this moment inhistory to see freedom take root.I've got confidence for a couple of reasons. One, I believe in theuniversality of freedom. That means I believe everybody desires to befree. I don't think freedom is uniquely American, nor do I think it'suniquely Methodist. (Laughter.) I think it is universal.I told you -- I also, obviously, believe in the universality ofmotherhood. I believe mothers in Iraq want their children to grow up inpeace, just like mothers in America do. I also believe people in Iraqwant to live in a free society. I wasn't surprised -- I was pleasedwhen 12 million people went to the polls. That statement to me was:freedom.Secondly, can it take hold in parts of the world that some suspect thatit can't rootI would remind people, for example, of -- I mentionedJapan.There are other examples in our history. One of the uniqueaspects of my presidency is I can predict to you that -- with relativecertainty that a violent part of the world, the Far East, is stable andheaded in the right direction, absent one spot.In 1950, that would have been a hard prediction to make. Shortly before1950, I mentioned, thousands of U.S. citizens had died in a war withJapan, Mao Zedong was beginning an ascendancy where the form ofgovernment was repressed and that no such thing as a marketplace -- wasrepressive, and there was no such thing as a marketplace. And Korea hadjust been -- the Peninsula of Korea had just been torn asunder, wherethousands of U.S. soldiers had died, as well.Today, Japan, as I mentioned, is a strong ally, an important economicpartner and security partner. South Korea is a strong ally, importanttrading partner and important security partner -- albeit their democracywent through a difficult period of time. Democracies don't emerge on astraight line.Neither did ours. Our great democracy enslaved peoplefor a hundred years. All men were created equal, except some.We'rereconfirming that belief that all men are created equal.And so it takes a while for freedom to take root. It's hard work forsocieties to adopt the habits necessary for a free society to emerge.Interestingly enough, in China, there's certainly not a free society,but there is a free marketplace emerging. And in 1950, that would havebeen a difficult prediction to make.And so I believe liberty can take hold in parts of the world, becausehistory has shown it to be. Different time, no question; a differentpart of the world, no question. But if you have faith in theuniversality of freedom, and if you've seen history -- liberty take holdbefore, it should give us confidence.Finally, it's necessary for free societies to emerge -- free societiesin the image of a country's own history and tradition.And why is it inour interest that that happenThere is a root cause, there is a reasonwhy 19 kids got on an airplane to come and kill us, and that is becausesocieties in that part of the world have bred resentment and lack ofhope.I don't believe you can have a comfortable and secure society if halfthe people are not treated equally. There's something universal in ourdemands to be treated with respect. It matters what the form ofgovernment is, in terms of whether or not peace will emerge.And so I believe that the liberty agenda, freedom agendacan take root, and I know it's necessary to make sure Grace can live inpeace.I think people will look back at this period of time and makeone or two judgments. They'll either say, what happened to them in2007; how come they couldn't see the impending dangers that the littleGraces of America would have to live with; how come they couldn't spotthe radicalism that would emerge even more violent than it had been; howcome they couldn't see the fact that Iran would become emboldened if theUnited States of America didn't keep its commitments in Iraq; what wasit that prevented them from recognizing that nations in the Middle Eastwould tend to choose up sides and back violent groups in order toprotect their own cells; how come they couldn't remember the lesson ofSeptember the 11th, which said, what matters overseas matters at homeOr they'll look back and say, they had faith; they had faith in theability of liberty to transform a region into a region of hope thatyielded the peace so little Grace can be amazed that this generation hasdone its job.And those are the risks, and that's the task, and God bless you.(Applause.)END 10:53 A.M. 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