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Bush's "Just A Comma" Take On Iraq War Seen As Insensitive, Code To Religious Right...

Bush's "Just A Comma" Take On Iraq War Seen As Insensitive, Code To Religious Right...

When the president speaks, every word can be subject to scrutiny. Even the punctuation marks.

As he heads out on the campaign trial, haunted by an unpopular war, President Bush has begun reassuring audiences that this traumatic period in Iraq will be seen as "just a comma" in the history books. By that, aides say, he means to reinforce his message of resolve in the struggle for Iraqi democracy.

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