U.S. against Iraqi fragile democracy

President George W. Bush said Tuesday that the United States will not relent in its support of Iraq's new and fragile democracy despite "acts of staggering brutality" in the country, the AP says.

"I pledge we will not waver, and I appreciate your same pledge," he told Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in a news conference in the East Room of the White House. "Iraq will take its place among the world's democracies."