President Bush Discusses Iraq War Supplemental with Bicamera

may 2, 2007

2:46 p.m. edt

the president: i thank the leaders from congress for coming down to discuss the iraq funding issue. yesterday was a day that highlighted differences. today is a day where we can work together to find common ground. i will inform the speaker and the leader of our serious intent, and to that end, i am going to name my chief of staff, josh bolten, along with steve hadley and rob portman to work with members of both parties to fund our troops.

i think it's very important we do this as quickly as we possibly can. i'm confident that we can reach agreement. i know that it's going to require goodwill, but we all care deeply about our country and care about this issue. and so i want to thank the members for coming down again. i'm looking forward to our discussions. i'm looking forward to what will be a constructive set of discussions and negotiation.

thank you all.

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