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President Bush’s Remarks on Supplemental Funding

The following is the entire text of President Bush's statement on his $75 billion request to fund the war in Iraq.

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Battle Report: Rumsfeld and Myers Excerpts

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Richard Myers reported on the status of the war.

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Iraq War Battle Report

Ray Suarez discusses the day's progression with retired Colonel W. Patrick Lang and Marine Corps Colonel Gary Anderson.

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Coalition Forces Move to Within 50 Miles of Baghdad

Despite pockets of intense resistance and a blinding sandstorm, elements of the U.S. Third Infantry Division have driven to within 50 miles of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, American military officials said Monday.

President Bush to Request $75 Billion for War

President Bush told congressional leaders he would submit a $74.7 billion supplemental budget request, the first installment payment for the Iraq war and subsequent rebuilding and humanitarian aid costs.

Iraq Broadcasts Images of Allegedly Captured Pilots

Iraqi television on Monday broadcast images of two men Iraq claims are the U.S. pilots of an Apache helicopter they shot down amid heavy fighting in central Iraq Sunday night.

Battle Rages At Nasiriya River Crossings

U.S. Marines continued to fight a pitched battle at several bridges over the Euphrates River at the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya, a region central to opening a route north to Baghdad.

ITN Correspondent, Terry Lloyd, Killed in Iraq

Terry Lloyd of Independent Television News (ITN) was killed Saturday in a gunfire incident while driving to the southern Iraqi city of Basra.

Syria Says Bus Carrying Civilians Bombed by Coalition Plane

Syria on Monday condemned what it said was a coalition bombing of a bus carrying Syrian civilians that killed five and injured ten of the 37 workers on the bus who were returning from Iraq.

Saddam Pledges Victory in TV Address

Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein attempted to rally his troops in speech televised Monday morning, vowing that coalition forces, which he called the "enemies of God," would soon be defeated.