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Audio: Bush in the Oval Office

Posted 10/25/06

Michael Barone joined seven conservative columnists for and Oval Office interview with President Bush on Wednesday. These audio files are in MP3. The full text transcript is also available.

President Bush's Introductory Remarks on Iraq and Middle East (18 mins.)

Question 1: On the Baker Commission Report and Future of Iraq (5 mins.)

Question 2: "Shouldn't Syria Be Getting Subverted in Return in Some Way?" (4 mins.)

Question 3: "Would you see that as a failure of this administration if … the Iranian program is going ahead?" (3 mins.)

Question 4: On North Korea, and whether the United States could be reverting to a policy of strategic deterence (4 mins.)

Question 5: Other than diplomacy, what are we doing to protect ourselves? (1 min.)

Question 6: "How can we measure victories?" (5 mins.)

Question 7: Why don't we talk about how many enemies are being killed by Americans? (2 mins.)

Question 8: Question on the domestic politics of immigration and national security (4 mins.)

Question 9: Question about possibility of direct oil payments to Iraqis (2 mins.)

Question 10: Question about whether Iraqis take advantage of American commitment (5 mins.)

Question 11: Would the president veto certain tax proposals? (3 mins.)

Below are two versions of the interview in its enirety:
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