In his four-minute announcement from the Oval Office, Bush said the military campaign, supported by 35 nations, would make efforts to spare Iraqi civilians.
Speaking to the nation in a live address from the Oval Office, President Bush recalled the attacks that killed some 3, 000 people five years ago, in New York, Shanksville, Pa.
President Bush follows an Oval Office tradition by recording a weekly radio address.
Mr. Olmert will be pitching his so-called "Convergence Plan" for the West Bank to President Bush in an Oval Office meeting on Tuesday.
In constitutional terms, George W. Bush occupies the Oval Office until his term ends on January 20 with the inauguration of his successor.
This would have been a difficult situation for the US to contend with no matter who replaced George W. Bush in the Oval Office.
President Barack Obama, who broke the 20-year string of either a Bush or Clinton in the Oval Office, thanked his predecessors, noting that the "world's most exclusive club" acted more like "a support group" of former presidents who help each other.
"They moved the 'buck stops here' sign from the Oval Office to the Lincoln bedroom, " Bush said.
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The rare televised, prime-time Oval Office address signified the high stakes for Bush, who has been asking for an immigration overhaul since his the 2000 campaign.
Obama proposed the meeting with the former presidents to Bush when the two met in the Oval Office on November 10, two sources said.
President Bush spoke to the American people from the Oval Office last night, arguing one more time for continuing the U.S. military operation in Iraq.
President Bush made the announcement this morning from the oval office.
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Bush revealed the news during a photo opportunity in the Oval Office Monday afternoon.
W. Bush announced the start of the first Gulf war from the Oval Office, telling Americans and the world that he was the commander in chief just by setting the scene in the Oval Office.
Bush and Obama are set to meet Monday afternoon at the White House's Oval Office.
George Bush, sure-footed in his first weeks in the White House, has banned jeans from the Oval Office and wears a suit almost everywhere except on the ranch.
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