Bush and Rummy defend their Iraq strategy -- our goal is "clear and unchanging"

Staying the course in Iraq is working for the Bush administration. They are sticking to their plan -- despite the carnage:

President Bush and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld yesterday defended the U.S. strategy in Iraq, saying the ultimate goals remain unchanged despite escalating violence and increasingly somber assessments from military leaders on the ground.

Speaking at a Washington fundraiser, Bush said the U.S. goal in Iraq "is clear and unchanging": creating a country that can govern and defend itself and "that will be an ally in the war against these extremists."

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