Bush says security gains in Iraq may last (AP)

President Bush makes a statement on Iraq, Thursday, July 31, 2008, on the Colonnade of the White House in Washington, before leaving to spend the weekend in Kennebunkport, Maine. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - Trumpeting progress in Iraq, President Bush said for the first time Thursday that security improvements now have a “degree of durability” — an assertion that appeared to lay the groundwork for an announcement in coming weeks of further U.S. troop reductions.

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