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Bush Asks G8 Allies for Help in Iraq

President Bush makes another appeal to U.S. allies for assistance in helping Iraq's transitional government establish a democratic society. Bush, whose requests for NATO involvement in Iraq have been rebuffed by French and German leaders, said at the close of the Group of Eight summit that NATO member nations could send troops to help train Iraqi security forces. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's Don Gonyea.

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