President Bush is asking a retired federal judge Michael Mukasey to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general of the United States. A White House spokesman says Mr. Bush will announce his decision to appoint Michael Mukasey within the hour.

President Bush says success by U.S. forces in Iraq will allow him to withdraw 5,700 (out of 168,000) U.S. troops by the end of this year, though opposition Democrats say more troops should come home sooner.

President Bush will give a nationwide address Thursday about the war in Iraq. VOA White House correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush is expected to announce the gradual withdrawal of 30,000 troops.

Bush confidence in his speech has fews slips on Friday meet at APEC summit however he was quick to give it better twist and ended his words well.

President Bush says the release of a new video by al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is a vivid reminder of the dangers still facing the world.

Two leaders met before APEC meet on issues like environment change, Iraq and Afghan current volatile situation, Malabar naval exercise, Mideast peace plan are subjects where US needs Aussie Moral and pragmatic support to ease global peace.

President Bush and his Secretaries of State and Defense are on a surprise visit to western al-Anbar Province of Iraq for meetings with senior Iraqi leaders, who made a rare trip to the region to see them. The president and his team will also meet with senior U.S. officials, and local tribal leaders who have switched their allegiance from al-Qaida to the coalition. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the remote al-Asad Air Base.

FHA to implement new "FHASecure" house refinancing product for homeowners.

A U.S. newspaper reports that President Bush will ask for up to $50 billion in additional funds for U.S. military operations in Iraq.

President George W Bush on Wednesday raised the specter of a "nuclear holocaust" in the Middle East if Israel's arch-foe Iran gets atomic weapons, and vowed he would not let that happen.

US President George W Bush warned that a hasty withdrawal from Iraq would trigger a bloodbath like the one in Southeast Asia after the US defeat and retreat from Vietnam.

U.S. President George Bush says he supports Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The president's statement came in a speech Wednesday that followed calls by a U.S. senator for replacing the government in Baghdad. VOA White House correspondent Scott Stearns reports, the president is hoping to restore public support for the war in Iraq by comparing that fight to past American intervention in East Asia.