Bush outlines gradual troop reduction

In speech, president says Iraq still needs ‘enduring relationship’ with U.S.Sept. 13, 2007WASHINGTON - President Bush, defending an unpopular war, ordered gradual reductions in U.S. forces in Iraq on Thursday night and said, “The more successful we are, the more American troops can return home.”Yet, Bush firmly rejected calls to end the war, insisting that Iraq will still need military, economic