Bush Rejects Troop Reductions, Endorses Maliki

AMMAN, Jordan, Nov. 30 -- President Bush on Thursday dismissed calls for U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq as unrealistic, saying American forces would "stay in Iraq to get the job done, so long as the government wants us there."
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Michael Abramowitz and Sudarsan Raghavan

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