Bush Seeking Nuclear Deal With India

Bush Visits Gulf Coast for Progress Update

CHALLENGES: President Bush made a 10th trip to the Gulf Coast since it was hit by Hurricane Katrina, focusing on problems in restoring New Orleans' levees, removing debris and getting displaced people into housing.

WORK TO DO: The trip was Bush's first to the region since two reports were issued criticizing the government's Katrina response.

EYE OPENER: From an air tour, Bush saw bright blue tarps covering damaged roofs on homes and trash scattered over the swamp and marsh land.

Bush News Conference Covers Iraq

WITHDRAW WHEN: President Bush said deciding when to pull all U.S. troops from Iraq will fall to future presidents and Iraqi leaders.

Q AND A: Bush used the news conference _ his second this year _ to address his political problems directly and confront doubts about his strategy in Iraq.

ARRAY OF ISSUES: Bush also stood by embattled Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and addressed his failed Social Security plan.

GAUNTLET THROWN: President Bush called for the top 15 greenhouse gas producing nations, including the U.S., to set a goal for reducing the pollution by the end of 2008.

HOT TOPIC: The announcement could deflect criticism during next week's summit of leading industrialized nations, where global warming is sure to be discussed.

CLEARING THE AIR: The countries would begin talks this fall, but each would be able to develop its own strategy.

No Cancer for Bush

CANCER FREE: Doctors found no cancer in the five small growths removed from President Bush's colon, the White House said Monday.

POLYPS DISCOVERY: The growths, called polyps, were found during a cancer scan that Bush underwent Saturday at Camp David.

ROUTINE PROCEDURE: Usually harmless, polyps are extra pieces of tissue that grow inside the large intestine. To be safe, doctors typically remove the polyps and test them.

Bush Says Iraqi Government Must Do More

TEPID ENDORSEMENT: President Bush acknowledged frustration with Iraqi leaders' inability to bridge political division.

CALLS FOR REMOVAL: Bush, at a news conference in Quebec, brushed off a Democratic senator's call for the ouster of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

IRAQIS' DECISION: Bush said only the Iraqi people can decide whether to sideline the troubled prime minister.

Bush Refines Take on Prime Minister

REITERATE: President Bush, seeking to show he has not abandoned Iraqi's prime minister, offered a fresh endorsement Wednesday of Nouri al-Maliki.

AFFIRMATION: Bush's words of support were intended to dispel the impression he gave some people Tuesday that he was distancing himself from al-Maliki before a new assessment of conditions in Iraq.

BACKLASH: The prime minister, chafing over Bush's earlier comments, said on Wednesday that his government "can find friends elsewhere."

Bush Defends Iraq War Effort

DEFENSIVE SPEECH: President Bush gave a ringing defense of the war effort Tuesday in a speech that sounded like he'd already made up his mind to stay and fight.

HIGHLIGHTS: Bush hailed security gains, defended middling progress by Iraqi leaders and argued that the future of the Middle East depended on the outcome.

HIS TIMING: Bush's speech to the American Legion comes two weeks before he receives a major assessment of the war in Iraq.