Bush urges prayers, gifts for Iraq GIs

What a friking Joke he is. Wonder how many Iraqi Citizens and Military will be lost over this Christmas Period.

By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer 26 minutes ago

WASHINGTON -
President Bush on Saturday told troops who are spending Christmas far from their families that "the coming year will bring change" — but no reduction in support for their service and sacrifice.
The president is rushing to craft a course correction for the increasingly unpopular Iraq war. New Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who returned Friday night from a three-day reconnaissance trip to Iraq, joined Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, White House national security adviser Stephen Hadley and others to brief the president Saturday at Camp David.

Bush is spending the long Christmas weekend with his family at the presidential retreat in the Maryland mountains. On Dec. 26, Bush flies to his Texas ranch, where he'll be until Jan. 1.

"If you're serving on the front lines halfway across the world, it is natural to wonder what all this means for you," the president said in his weekly radio address, taped before he left Washington for the holiday. "I want our troops to know that while the coming year will bring change, one thing will not change, and that is our nation's support for you and the vital work you do to achieve a victory in Iraq."..............

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