U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice (news - web sites) (L) and presidential advisor Karl Rove (R) joke with reporters April 13, 2004 prior to the start of a nationally televised press conference by U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites). Bush will try to convince increasingly skeptical Americans at a rare news conference on Tuesday that he has a strategy to deal with Iraq (news - web sites), which has suffered the worst violence since last year's toppling of former leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). REUTERS/Jason Reed