Robert's Virtual Soapbox

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Tuesday, December 21, 2004

President Bush answers questions during a press conference in the Executive Office Building, Monday, Dec. 20, 2004, in Washington. The hour-long question and answer session focused on problems with the war in Iraq, criticism of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Bush's federal spending plan and prospects for peace in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

President Bush defended growing criticism of his embattled Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, during a years-end press conference at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex, in Washington, Monday, Dec. 20, 2004. Bush declared of Rumsfeld, I know Secretary Rumsfelds heartHes a good, decent man. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US President George W. Bush vigorously defended embattled Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, saying the Pentagon chief was doing 'a really fine job' and would stay on despite mounting criticism(AFP/Brendan Smialowski)

President Bush ponders before answering questions during a press conference in the Executive Office Building, Monday, Dec. 20, 2004, in Washington. The hour-long question and answer session focused on problems with the war in Iraq, criticism of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Bush's federal spending plan and prospects for peace in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson) President George W. Bush gives a year-end news conference in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House compound in Washington, December 20, 2004. Bush defended Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's handling of the Iraq war but acknowledged difficulties in training Iraqi police and army to take over the country's security so U.S. forces can return home. (Larry Downing/Reuters)

President George W. Bush holds out his arms as he answers a question during his year-end press conference in Washington, December 20, 2004. Bush set aside initial reservations and backed British plans for a Middle East conference but he said upcoming Palestinian elections were just the start of a process that should not be cut short. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

I still can't believe I'm the leader of the free world!

Associated Press, Reuters and AFP photos

9:54:21 PM Discuss amongst yourselves []

US President George W. Bush (L) speaks to reporters at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC as First Lady Laura Bush looks on. Bush mourned the victims of a rocket attack on a US base in northern Iraq, but said they died in service of the 'vital mission' of building a democracy in the war-torn country.(AFP/Luke Frazza) President George W. Bush made an impassioned defense of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, pictured, saying he was a 'good, decent man'. A majority of Americans want Rumsfeld to step down, according to a poll, as the Pentagon chief faces a barrage of criticism over his handling of the Iraq war(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

"We come in peace!"

AFP photos, bottom

9:30:59 PM Discuss amongst yourselves []