    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2006, Book I)]
    [April 25, 2006]
    [Pages 806-807]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Remarks Following a Briefing on the War on Terror
    April 25, 2006

        I want to thank the leadership of the United States Senate for
    joining me today. We have just been briefed from Baghdad about the
    formation of the unity Government. Not everybody around this table has
    agreed with certain aspects of this war on Iraq, but all of us agree
    that the formation of the unity Government is a very important moment in
    the history of a new Iraq.
        I want to thank the Members for their strong support of our
    diplomatic mission and the United States military, who are engaged in
    heroic efforts to help this young country succeed. We're on our way to
    victory.
        We've got more work to do. But the people--our troops need to know,
    and those working in the field need to know, there is a bipartisan
    desire for us to be

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    successful in this very important theater in the war on terror.
        I want to thank you, Senators, for coming. I appreciate your time.
    Thank you for your interest in this vital subject.

    Note: The President spoke at 12:24 p.m. in the Roosevelt Room at the
    White House. A tape was not available for verification of the content of
    these remarks.