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size="1"> [line 00272] <a href="/index.html">Home</a> > [line 00273] <a href="/news/">News & Policies</a> [line 00274] </font> [line 00275] <br/> [line 00276] [line 00277] </td> [line 00278] <td align="right" width="311"> [line 00279] <div id="print-email"></div> [line 00280] </td> [line 00281] </tr> [line 00282] </table><br /> [line 00283] [line 00284] <!-- BEGIN --> [line 00285] δ [line 00286] [line 00287] [line 00288] [line 00289] [line 00290] <div style="position: relative; display: block; float: left; left: 2px;"> [line 00291] <TABLE width="631" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> [line 00292] <TR> [line 00293] <TD valign="self"><h1><IMG src="/news/images/speeches-news-2.gif" alt="Presidential News and Speeches" width="638" height="43"></h1></TD> [line 00294] <TD align="left" valign="self"> [line 00295] [line 00296] [line 00297] [line 00298] </TD> [line 00299] </TR> [line 00300] </TABLE> δ [line 00301] [line 00302] [line 00303] <table width="100%" border="0" 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00336] [line 00337] <tr valign="self"> [line 00338] <td colspan="3"> [line 00339] <IMG alt="" height="11" src="/news/images/greypixel-whiteborder.gif" width="631"> [line 00340] </td> [line 00341] </tr> [line 00342] [line 00343] [line 00344] <tr valign="self"> [line 00345] <td width="85"> δ [line 00346] [line 00347] </td> [line 00348] [line 00349] <td width="15"></td> [line 00350] [line 00351] [line 00352] <td width="531"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> [line 00353] <b>March 20, 2008</b></font> [line 00354] <br/> [line 00355] <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> [line 00356] [line 00357] [line 00358] <font size="3" face="arial, helvetica"><b> <a [line 00359] href="/news/releases/2008/03/20080320-9.html">President Bush Discusses National President's Challenge</a><br/></b></font> [line 00360] <img src="/imgs/release_tools_icons_video.gif" alt="Play Video" width="19" height="16"> δ [line 00361] [line 00362] <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> [line 00363] <!-- [line 00364] document.write(lt+"a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" title=\"Click to Play Video\" onClick=\"javascript:popup('/news/releases/2008/03/20080320-9.wm.v.html','394','292')\" onMouseOut=\"window.status=' ';return true\" onMouseOver=\"window.status='Click to Play Video';return true\" target=\"\""+gt+"Video"+lt+"/a"+gt+""); [line 00365] //--> [line 00366] </script> [line 00367] <noscript><a href="/news/releases/2008/03/20080320-9.wm.v.html" target="">/news/releases/2008/03/20080320-9.wm.v.html</a></noscript> [line 00368] [line 00369] <img src="/imgs/release_tools_icons_podcast.gif" alt="Play Audio" width="18" height="19"/> <a href="/news/releases/2008/03/20080320-9.pod.a.mp3">Audio</a> [line 00370] <br/> [line 00371] <img border="0" width="5" height="4" [line 00372] src="/images/square-1.gif" alt=""> <a [line 00373] href="/news/releases/2008/03/20080320-10.html">President Bush Meets with Prime Ministers of the Bahamas, Barbados and Belize</a><br/> [line 00374] <img src="/imgs/release_tools_icons_video.gif" alt="Play Video" width="19" height="16"> [line 00375] δ [line 00376] <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> [line 00377] <!-- [line 00378] document.write(lt+"a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" title=\"Click to Play Video\" onClick=\"javascript:popup('/news/releases/2008/03/20080320-10.wm.v.html','394','292')\" onMouseOut=\"window.status=' ';return true\" onMouseOver=\"window.status='Click to Play Video';return true\" target=\"\""+gt+"Video"+lt+"/a"+gt+""); [line 00379] //--> [line 00380] </script> [line 00381] <noscript><a href="/news/releases/2008/03/20080320-10.wm.v.html" target="">/news/releases/2008/03/20080320-10.wm.v.html</a></noscript> [line 00382] [line 00383] <img src="/imgs/release_tools_icons_podcast.gif" alt="Play Audio" width="18" height="19"/> <a href="/news/releases/2008/03/20080320-10.pod.a.mp3">Audio</a> [line 00384] <br/> [line 00385] <img border="0" width="5" height="4" [line 00386] src="/images/square-1.gif" alt=""> <a [line 00387] href="/news/releases/2008/03/20080320-1.html">President Bush to Welcome King Hamad of Bahrain to White House</a><br/> [line 00388] [line 00389] <img border="0" width="5" height="4" [line 00390] src="/images/square-1.gif" alt=""> @@@ano@@@<a δ [line 00391] href="/news/releases/2008/03/20080320-5.html">Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy, 2008</a><br/> [line 00392] [line 00393] <img border="0" width="5" height="4" [line 00394] src="/images/square-1.gif" alt=""> <a [line 00395] href="/news/releases/2008/03/20080320-6.html">Personnel Announcement</a><br/> [line 00396] [line 00397] <img border="0" width="5" height="4" [line 00398] src="/images/square-1.gif" alt=""> <a [line 00399] href="/news/releases/2008/03/20080320-13.html">Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for Georgia</a><br/> [line 00400] [line 00401] [line 00402] [line 00403] [line 00404] </font></td> [line 00405] </tr> δ [line 00406] [line 00407] [line 00408] <tr valign="self"> [line 00409] <td colspan="3"> [line 00410] <IMG alt="" height="11" src="/news/images/greypixel-whiteborder.gif" width="631"> [line 00411] </td> [line 00412] </tr> [line 00413] [line 00414] [line 00415] <tr valign="self"> [line 00416] <td width="85"> [line 00417] <a href="/news/releases/2008/03/images/20080319-2_d-0142-3-515h.html"><img src="/news/releases/2008/03/images/20080319-2_d-0142-3-83h.jpg" alt="President George W. Bush delivers remarks on the Global War on Terror during a visit Wednesday, March 19, 2008, to the Pentagon. In addressing representatives from each branch of the military -- including some who served in the theater at the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the President said, "Five years into this battle, there is an understandable debate over whether the war was worth fighting, whether the fight is worth winning, and whether we can win it. The answers are clear to me: Removing Saddam Hussein from power was the right decision -- and this is a fight America can and must win." White House photo by Eric Draper" border="0"