"President Bush, invoking the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, as he has many times before, contended Friday that Iraq is the central front in the struggle against extremism, telling a supportive military crowd at this Army post that it is imperative to continue fighting the increasingly unpopular war.

Bush praised the 1,300 newly minted soldiers graduating from Basic Combat Training here for volunteering to defend the country, urging them to "stay on the offense (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/02/AR2007110201657.html?hpid=topnews)" and "keep pressure on the enemy."

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