AP Photo/Ron EdmondsPresident Bush and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd hold a joint news conference Friday in the East Room at the White House. Rudd took over in November on a pledge to pull Australia's 500 combat troops out of Iraq as soon as possible.

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Bush says recent rash of violence in Iraq is 'defining moment' for fragile government

• By ncs-import
• March 28, 2008