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Close-up pan as Bush walks into White House briefing room2. Cutaway reporters3. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, U.S. President:\"As we mark the 3rd anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the success we are seeing in Tal Afar...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Close-up pan as Bush walks into White House briefing room\u003cbr/\u003e2. Cutaway reporters\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, U.S. President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"As we mark the 3rd anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the success we are seeing in Tal Afar gives me confidence in the future of Iraq.  Terrorist haven't given up, they are tough minded. They like to kill, there is going to be more tough fighting ahead. \u003cbr/\u003e4. Pan of Bush aides Dan Bartlett, Karl Rove, Scott McClellan and Stephen Hadley listening\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, U.S. President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"No question that sectarian violence must be confronted by the Iraqi government and a better trained police force, yet we are making progress and that is important for the American people to understand.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Cutaway White House officials - Karl Rove and Scott McClellan\u003cbr/\u003e7.  SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, U.S. President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I was encouraged that the announcement Sunday that the Iraqi leaders made ... are making progress toward a council that gives each of the country's main political factions a voice in making security and economic policies.\" \u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid view of reporters\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, U.S. President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"But I see progress.  You know I have heard people say that he just kind of optimistic for the sake of optimism. Well, look I believe we are going to succeed. And I understand how tough it is don't get me wrong, you make it abundantly clear how tough it is. I hear it from our troops, I read the reports every night.  But I believed this is a moment where Iraqis had a chance to fall apart and they didn't and that is a positive development.\" \u003cbr/\u003e10. Cutaway reporters\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, U.S. President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"(Q: Will there come a day when there will be no more American forces in Iraq?)  \u003cbr/\u003eThat of course is an objective and that of course will be decided by future presidents and future governments of Iraq. (So it won't happen on your watch?) You mean a complete withdrawal?  That's a timetable... I can only tell you that I will make decisions on force levels based on what commanders on the ground tell me.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Pan view of briefing\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English)  George W. Bush, U.S. President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm going to say it again, if I didn't think we were going to succeed we wouldn't be there - I wouldn't put those kids there.  I meet with too many families that have lost a loved one to not be able to look them in the eye and say we are doing the right thing.  And we are doing the right thing.  A democracy in Iraq is going to effect the neighbourhood.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide of reporters\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English)  George W. Bush, U.S. President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"(Question: Do you believe that Rumsfeld should resign?) No I do not believe he should resign.  I think he has done a fine job in not only conducting two battles - Afghanistan and Iraq - but also transforming our military which has been a very difficult job within the Pentagon. Listen, every war plan looks good on paper until you meet the enemy.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Midshot reporters\u003cbr/\u003e17. Bush walks off the pod\u003cbr/\u003ePresident George W. Bush said on Tuesday the decision about when to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq will fall to future presidents and Iraqi leaders, suggesting that U.S. involvement will continue at least through 2008.  \u003cbr/\u003eBush said Tuesday there will be \"more tough fighting ahead\" in Iraq at the beginning of his news conference, but denied claims that the nation is in the grips of a civil war.\u003cbr/\u003eSpeaking at a White House news conference, the president said: \"The Iraqis had a chance to fall apart and they didn't.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe second-full blown news conference of the year marked a new push by Bush to confront doubts about his strategy in Iraq. \u003cbr/\u003eA day earlier, he acknowledged to a sometimes sceptical audience that there was dwindling support for his Iraq policy and that he understood why people were disheartened.\u003cbr/\u003eBush said: \"The terrorists haven't given up. They're tough-minded. They like to kill. There will be more tough fighting ahead.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBush said he agreed to U.S. talks with Iran to underscore his point that Tehran's attempts to spread sectarian violence or provide support to Iraqi insurgents was unacceptable to the United States.\u003cbr/\u003eHis opening remarks were designed to steel Americans for more fighting in Iraq.\u003cbr/\u003eThe president said he did not agree with former interim Iraqi prime minister Ayad Allawi, who said on Sunday the country was in a civil war.\u003cbr/\u003eHe said: \"We all recognised that there is violence, that there is sectarian violence. But the way I look at the situation is, the Iraqis looked and decided not to go into civil war.\"\u003cbr/\u003eOn Iraq, Bush bristled at a suggested that he wanted to wage war against that country since early in his presidency.\u003cbr/\u003eMore than 2,300 Americans have died in three years of war in Iraq. \u003cbr/\u003ePolls show the public's support of the war and Bush himself have dramatically declined in recent months.\u003cbr/\u003eNearly four out of five Americans, including 70 percent of Republicans, believe civil war will break out in Iraq, according to a recent AP-Ipsos poll.\u003cbr/\u003ePresident Bush said Tuesday the decision about when to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq will fall to future presidents and Iraqi leaders, suggesting that U.S. involvement will continue at least through 2008.\u003cbr/\u003eAcknowledging the public's growing unease with the war - and election-year skittishness among fellow Republicans - the president nonetheless vowed to keep U.S. soldiers in the fight.\u003cbr/\u003e\"If I didn't believe we could succeed, I wouldn't be there. I wouldn't put those kids there,\" Bush declared.\u003cbr/\u003eHe also stood by embattled US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I don't believe he should resign. He's done a fine job. 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