白宫证实布什总统访问伊拉克 (White House Confirms President Bush Visiting Bagh

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星期二(061306)
白宫证实布什总统访问伊拉克 (White House Confirms President Bush Visiting Baghdad)

布什总统抵达伊拉克进行事先没有宣布的访问。一天前，布什和他的一些高级顾问就未来美国在伊拉克的角色进行了磋商。白宫官员确认，布什正在伊拉克进行短暂访问，与伊拉克总理马利基和其他官员举行会谈。

布什出访的消息公布之前，人们预期布什星期二在马里兰州的度假地与伊拉克新政府领导人进行视频会议。星期一，布什总统和他的高级顾问就如何协助伊拉克处理安全、经济以及能源问题进行了讨论。布什还誓言美国将支持伊拉克。伊拉克的新国防部长正在评估伊拉克的局势。布什拒绝预测美国军队什么时间撤离伊拉克。

President Bush has arrived in Iraq for an unannounced visit that comes one day after he held talks with his top advisors on the future U.S. role in the country. White House officials confirmed that Mr. Bush is in Iraq for a brief visit to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other officials.

Before the trip was made public, Mr. Bush had been expected to meet via video conference with Iraqi leaders Tuesday from his retreat in Maryland. On Monday, President Bush discussed with advisors how to help Iraq deal with security, economic and energy problems. He also vowed the United States will stand by Iraq as its new defense minister assesses the situation. Mr. Bush declined to make predictions about U.S. troop withdrawals.