Bush to Hold White House News Conference (this morning)

[tuvor]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A day after addressing the nation from the Oval Office, President Bush will hold a year-end news conference on Monday.

Democrats and Republicans are applauding Bush for acknowledging mistakes in Iraq and taking responsibility, but critics say he still has not given Americans a realistic plan that will lead to the withdrawal of U.S. forces.

"I know that some of my decisions have led to terrible loss - and not one of those decisions has been taken lightly," Bush declared in a televised speech to the nation Sunday, his first from the Oval Office since announcing the invasion of Iraq in March 2003.

Bush's 10:30 a.m. EST news conference to be held in the East Room is expected to address questions about the Iraq war, a secret eavesdropping program in the United States and the administration's stalled effort to renew the terrorism-fighting Patriot Act.

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BUSH?SITE=JRC&SECTION=POLITICS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-12-19-09-07-05

[babylonsister]

1. I'm sure they're planting questions as we type. nt

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2. Maybe Gannon got his pass back.