Some Bush Speech - UN Is Considering Withdrawing From Iraq

Bush Fails to Gain Pledges on Troops or Funds for Iraq
National Guard, Reserve May Plug Holes

Compounding the pressure, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is considering ordering the total withdrawal of U.N. personnel from Iraq, a step recommended by his top political and security advisers after two bombing attacks against the world body in Baghdad over the past month, according to U.N. and U.S. officials. A U.N. pullout would seriously undercut efforts to assign the United Nations a broader role in overseeing Iraq's political transition.

Today, as leaders from Pakistan and Turkey raised fresh concerns about supplying soldiers, senior administration officials sought to reduce expectations for foreign help and an imminent Security Council resolution.

Here is An Annotated Refutation of President George W. Bush’s September 23 Address Before the United Nations