White House Launching PR Offensive To Defend Iraq Strategy...

Washington Post Michael A. Fletcher March 10, 2006 at 11:44 PM
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President Bush plans to begin a series of speeches next week again explaining the administration's strategy for winning the war in Iraq, as the White House returns to a familiar tactic to allay growing public pessimism about the war that has helped keep the president's approval rating near its historic low.

After previewing the upcoming speech in his radio address today, the president is scheduled to make remarks on the war at George Washington University on Monday. The appearance, which will be followed weekly by as many as four other speeches, marks the start of the White House's latest effort to convince skeptical Americans that it has a coherent plan for victory as the war nears its third anniversary later this month.

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U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN IRAQ:
2306

U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED IN IRAQ:
17004Printable Representations: Deaths Woundedsource: antiwar.com

IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS (MINIMUM):
33489
source: iraqbodycount.net