ABC - Bush news conference and GMA (Western) (partial) - 2006-06-14
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[0:04] And uh you said something about troop
[0:06] levels. Our policy is stand up, stand
[0:09] down. As the Iraqis stand up, we'll
[0:10] stand down. But if we stand down too
[0:12] soon, it won't enable us to achieve our
[0:15] objectives. And we will support this
[0:18] Iraqi government. That's what I went to
[0:19] tell him. We'll do what it takes to
[0:21] support them. And part of that support
[0:23] is the presence of coalition forces.
[0:29] Thank you, Mr. President. You expressed
[0:31] serious concern when you learned about
[0:33] the Guantanamo suicides and you and your
[0:35] aids immediately called allies. I'm
[0:37] wondering how concerned are you about
[0:39] the US image abroad based on this
[0:42] incident and the ongoing investigation
[0:44] in Haditha and and Abu Grave and other
[0:47] incidents? And also, why shouldn't
[0:49] Guantanamo be closed now? H uh I'd like
[0:52] to close Guantanamo,
[0:55] but I also recognize that uh uh
[1:00] that we hold in some people that are
[1:01] darn dangerous
[1:04] and that we better have a plan uh to
[1:06] deal with them in uh in our courts and
[1:08] the best way to handle and my judgment
[1:10] handle these types of people to our
[1:12] military courts. And that's why we're
[1:13] waiting on the Supreme Court to make a
[1:14] decision. Part of closing Guantanamo is
[1:17] to send some folks back home like we've
[1:20] been doing and the State Department's in
[1:23] the process of encouraging, you know,
[1:26] countries to take the folks back.
[1:29] Of course, sometimes we get criticized
[1:31] for sending some people out of
[1:32] Guantanamo back to their home country
[1:33] because of the nature of the home
[1:35] country. It's a little bit of a catch
[1:36] 22, but we're working through this.