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June 12
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Reginald Dale, a senior fellow with the CSIS Europe Program, was quoted by the Washington Post, "Bush Says U.S., Iraq Will Come to Terms on Troops."
President Bush said Wednesday he is confident the United States will reach an agreement on the role of U.S. forces in Iraq, calling opposition to a U.S. proposal part of the "noise" of a freer Iraqi society. Appearing at a news conference here with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Bush said that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki "appreciates our presence there" and suggested that much of the Iraqi opposition to a status-of-forces agreement is based on inaccurate media reports and misunderstandings. "There's all kinds of noise in their system and our system," Bush said. ". . . I think we'll get the agreement done." Reginald Dale, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said that Bush "has moved towards the Europeans in a number of areas" in his second term. He pointed to U.S. policies on Iran and its nuclear program and the Palestinian-Israeli peace process as examples.Read the article
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June 11
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Reginald Dale, a senior fellow with the CSIS Europe Program, appeared on CNN's Situation Room, "How Europeans See Bush."
WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Happening now, a member of Barack Obama's vice presidential search team steps down. We'll get Obama's reaction, take a fresh look at the controversy that drove Jim Johnson out. Also this hour, John McCain gets new flak over Iraq. Democrats are pouncing on his latest remark about troop withdrawals. I'll ask a top McCain ally, Republican Mitt Romney, to weigh in on this and more. And the president opens up about his regrets. On his farewell tour of Europe, Mr. Bush acknowledges something he could have done better in the leadup to the war. [...]REGGIE DALE, CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: The European population as a whole did think that he hadn't exhausted diplomacy. And they also did not like this whole idea of preemptive action.Read the transcript
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