Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/president-bush-pm-blair-respond-to-iraq-study-groups-report Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript President Bush and British Prime Minister Blair praised some of the proposals from the Iraq Study Group Thursday in a press conference, while expressing hesitation about others. NewsHour reports on their reactions. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. JOURNALIST: Mr. President, the Iraq Study Group described the situation in Iraq as "grave and deteriorating." You said that the increase in attacks is "unsettling." That will convince many people that you're still in denial about how bad things are in Iraq and question your sincerity about changing course. GEORGE W. BUSH: It's bad in Iraq. That help? JOURNALIST: Why did it take others to say it before you've been willing to acknowledge it to the world? GEORGE W. BUSH: You know, in all due respect, I've been saying it a lot. I understand how tough it is, and I've been telling the American people how tough it is. And they know how tough it is.And the fundamental question is: Do we have a plan to achieve our objective? Are we willing to change as the enemy has changed?And what the Baker-Hamilton study has done is it shows good ideas as to how to go forward. What our Pentagon is doing is figuring out ways to go forward, all aiming to achieve our objective. Make no mistake about it: I understand how tough it is, sir.But I want you to know, sir, that I believe we'll prevail. I know we have to adjust to prevail, but I wouldn't have our troops in harm's way if I didn't believe that, one, it was important, and, two, we'll succeed.