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Bush Elaborates on Iraq Remarks, Visits Australia

By Don Gonyea, Melissa Block

Published September 4, 2007 at 1:00 PM PDT

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

President Bush is in Australia for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, after dropping by an air base in Iraq on Monday.

After the Iraq visit, aboard Air Force One, President Bush elaborated on the remarks he had made, hinting at the possibility of reduced U.S. troop levels.

The annual economic summit, hosted by Prime Minister John Howard, is in Sydney. Howard is seeking another term in office but, because of his strong support for the Iraq war, trails his opponent in the polls.

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Gonyea talks about Howard and likely topics of discussion at the summit with Melissa Block.

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Don Gonyea

You're most likely to find NPR's Don Gonyea on the road, in some battleground state looking for voters to sit with him at the local lunch spot, the VFW or union hall, at a campaign rally, or at their kitchen tables to tell him what's on their minds. Through countless such conversations over the course of the year, he gets a ground-level view of American elections. Gonyea is NPR's National Political Correspondent, a position he has held since 2010. His reports can be heard on all NPR News programs and at NPR.org. To hear his sound-rich stories is akin to riding in the passenger seat of his rental car, traveling through Iowa or South Carolina or Michigan or wherever, right along with him.

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As special correspondent and guest host of NPR's news programs, Melissa Block brings her signature combination of warmth and incisive reporting. Her work over the decades has earned her journalism's highest honors, and has made her one of NPR's most familiar and beloved voices.