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White House-AP -- President Bush is hosting a White House dinner tonight for Muslims observing Ramadan.It's a traditional "iftar" dinner -- for those breaking the holy month's required daily fast. The president says he wants the world to know America welcomes Muslims -- as it welcomes adherents of all religions -- and that the war on terror is not a war against Islam. On a visit to Indonesia last week, Muslim leaders asked Bush why Americans see all Muslims as terrorists. Bush denies that's the case. He says Americans "think terrorists are evil people who have hijacked a great religion."...

Press Conference by the President The Rose Garden 11:15 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. After the 26,000-mile journey last week, I hope the members of the traveling press had a restful weekend. I have a brief statement; then I'll be glad to take questions. On my trip to Asia, I had a series of very productive meetings with some of America's closest allies in the war on terror. Nations such as Australia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines are fighting terrorism in their own region. Their leaders understand the importance of our continuing work in Afghanistan and Iraq. Liberating the...

President George W. Bush defended his administration's handling of the situation in Iraq for the second day in a row on Tuesday, stressing that it remains a dangerous place - something he's said all along, he pointed out. The only way to achieve a peaceful tomorrow is to remember the lessons of Sept. 11, Bush said at a press conference in the White House Rose Garden. The lesson of Sept. 11 is that terrorists will strike at innocent life, he added. "I said right after September 11th , this would be a different kind of war," Bush told reporters. "Sometimes...

President Bush is to give a news conference in about an hour or so in the Rose Garden, Fox news said they had no information on what he wanted to speak about!