Bush at Texas ranch to rethink Iraq
President Bush went on vacation to think.
President Bush went to his ranch Tuesday to rethink U.S. involvement in Iraq. Bush is under mounting pressure to change U.S. involvement in Iraq where violence continued to escalate this month. Stanzel said Bush continues to question advisers and think through the consequences of various U.S. actions. “Our forces, coalition forces in Iraq are continuing to take the fight to the enemy, and the president will announce a new way forward when he’s comfortable” with his decision, he said.
When the president arrived in Texas, about 50 well-wishers, squinting in the sunshine, welcomed him as he walked down the steps of the plane with Mrs. Bush and her mother, Jenna Welch. The president spent the Christmas holiday with his family at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland.
Mrs. Bush gave the president a new blue suit, biking shoes and country singer Sam Moore’s CD titled “Overnight Sensational.” He gave her amber-colored citrine earrings to match the triple-strand citrine necklace he gave her for her birthday.
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