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Aired July 24, 2003 - 06:34 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: So, that rotation plan, it may boost troop morale, but the president certainly has more to worry about than that, like proving to the Iraqi people that the Saddam boys are really dead.
Live to the White House and Chris Burns.
Chris -- do we know when this decision will be made?
CHRIS BURNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carol, we do not know, but, of course, this comes as good news to President Bush. He's been dealing with lots of bad news coming out of Iraq -- the U.S. soldiers being killed almost daily, plus this continued controversy over pre-war intelligence on weapons of mass destruction used to justify the war against Iraq. That continuing to hound the president.
But the deaths of Uday and Qusay definitely come as good news to the president, and the president hopes that it comes as reassurance to the Iraqis themselves.
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GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Saddam Hussein's sons were responsible for torture, maiming and murder of countless Iraqis. Now more than ever, all Iraqis can know that the former regime is gone and will not be coming back.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BURNS: Now, of course, the president also did mention that the attacks do complicate the situation in trying to stabilize Iraq, that also he's calling for more international help, more international troops to help offset and share the burden for the U.S. troops there.
The other development here today is that Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian prime minister, will be coming tomorrow. He has arrived in Washington. He will be meeting today with lawmakers. Tomorrow, his very important meeting, his first ever at the White House with President Bush, something that President Bush has never granted to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, blaming him for the waves of terrorist attacks against the Israelis.
So, this is a very key meeting. The Palestinians hoping and expecting to see some kind of concessions that the president can help Mahmoud Abbas try to wring out of Ariel Sharon, who is the Israeli prime minister, coming four days later. So, very, very key meetings because the president's road map for peace right now is facing very difficult dead locks, has to push it along, hopes those meetings will do that -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Chris Burns live from the White House this morning.
BURNS: Thank you.
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Aired July 24, 2003 - 06:34 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: So, that rotation plan, it may boost troop morale, but the president certainly has more to worry about than that, like proving to the Iraqi people that the Saddam boys are really dead.
Live to the White House and Chris Burns.
Chris -- do we know when this decision will be made?
CHRIS BURNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carol, we do not know, but, of course, this comes as good news to President Bush. He's been dealing with lots of bad news coming out of Iraq -- the U.S. soldiers being killed almost daily, plus this continued controversy over pre-war intelligence on weapons of mass destruction used to justify the war against Iraq. That continuing to hound the president.
But the deaths of Uday and Qusay definitely come as good news to the president, and the president hopes that it comes as reassurance to the Iraqis themselves.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Saddam Hussein's sons were responsible for torture, maiming and murder of countless Iraqis. Now more than ever, all Iraqis can know that the former regime is gone and will not be coming back.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BURNS: Now, of course, the president also did mention that the attacks do complicate the situation in trying to stabilize Iraq, that also he's calling for more international help, more international troops to help offset and share the burden for the U.S. troops there.
The other development here today is that Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian prime minister, will be coming tomorrow. He has arrived in Washington. He will be meeting today with lawmakers. Tomorrow, his very important meeting, his first ever at the White House with President Bush, something that President Bush has never granted to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, blaming him for the waves of terrorist attacks against the Israelis.
So, this is a very key meeting. The Palestinians hoping and expecting to see some kind of concessions that the president can help Mahmoud Abbas try to wring out of Ariel Sharon, who is the Israeli prime minister, coming four days later. So, very, very key meetings because the president's road map for peace right now is facing very difficult dead locks, has to push it along, hopes those meetings will do that -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Chris Burns live from the White House this morning.
BURNS: Thank you.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
