Bush to Effectively Shift Small Number of Troops From Iraq to Afghanistan

In a speech announcing the changes this morning, Bush praised progress in Iraq while acknowledging that "huge challenges in Afghanistan remain."

"For all the good work we have done in that country, it is clear we must do even more," Bush said at the National Defense University in Washington. "As we learned in Iraq, the best way to restore the confidence of the people is to restore basic security -- and that requires more troops."
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