Yahoo! News - Bush Vows to Stay Course; Car Bomb Explodes in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded on Tuesday outside a Baghdad hotel used by foreigners and U.S. tanks fought Shi'ite militia, hours after President Bush vowed America would stay the course to build a stable Iraq.

In a televised address to assure voters that his project in Iraq was on track, Bush conceded there could be more violence to come ahead of a planned handover of formal power to an interim Iraqi government on June 30 and Iraqi elections in the new year.

What I found very interesting is that none of the big four (CBS, NBC, ABC and FOX) carried this speech. Apparently things like "Fear Factor" and "Yes, Dear" have more ratings appeal than this "war-time" president does.

Bush said he would demolish Saddam's former torture center at Abu Ghraib, outside Baghdad, which has become newly notorious as the site of humiliating torments inflicted by American soldiers on naked and terrified inmates and captured on camera.

Demolishing the prison would be a "fitting symbol of Iraq's new beginning," said a somber sounding Bush, who stumbled three times over the pronunciation of Abu Ghraib.

As he spoke, word came from a senior defense official that the Pentagon is considering replacing Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez as the top military officer in Iraq. The official denied however that the move was linked to the Abu Ghraib affair.

I'm sure we can build a "bigger and better" tort...uh....pris....no, wait...."rehabilitation"....yeah, that's it.... facility somewhere close by. Maybe it will even have a pool table and cable TV.