WHITE HOUSE (AP) - President Bush says the decision to move troops into Basra is confirmation of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's leadership capabilities.
The president's comments at a White House news conference with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd followed U.S. airstrikes in both the southern city of Basra and in a Shiite militia stronghold in Baghdad.
Bush says operations in Basra are a "good test" for the Iraqis, calling what's taking place in Basra and other parts of Iraq "a defining moment in the history of Iraq."
The president says the situation in Iraq remains "dangerous and fragile," but says the resurgent violence will not alter his determination to continue his administration's mission there.
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