President Bush speaks, Tuesday, June 1, 2004, in the Rose Garden of the White House about Iraq's newly-appointed President Ghazi Yawar and the formation of a new Iraqi interim government. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
U.S. President George W. Bush speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., June 1, 2004. Bush said on Tuesday the new Iraqi interim government represented a broad cross section of society and had the talent to guide the nation toward national elections. Bush spoke after Iraqi leaders cut a face-saving deal with the United States and United Nations on a president and government to lead the country when the U.S.-led coalition hands over authority on June 30. Washington's preferred choice of president, elder statesman Adnan Pachachi, took himself out of the running, clearing the way for tribal chief Ghazi Yawar. Yawar was then sworn in with an interim cabinet of technocrats and the Iraqi Governing Council was dissolved. REUTERS/Mannie Garcia