President Bush says America's election-year politics will not affect his commitment to keep U.S. troops in Iraq.  Mr. Bush says his decision to send more troops to Iraq has helped improve security.

布什總統說，美國選舉年的政治氣氛不會影響他保留駐伊拉克美軍的決心。布什總統認為他的增兵伊拉克的決定改善了那里的安全局勢。

President Bush says he will carefully consider the recommendations of U.S. military and diplomatic chiefs in Baghdad when they deliver their status report on the war next month.

布什總統說，在巴格達的美國軍事和外交主管們下個月提交伊拉克戰爭局勢報告時，他將仔細考慮他們的建議。

But he told a convention of religious broadcasters in the southern state of Tennessee he can say his decision to send 30,000 reinforcements to Iraq last year is making a difference.

但是，布什在美國南部田納西州出席一個宗教廣播組織大會時說，他可以說他去年增兵3萬到伊拉克的決定正使伊拉克出現變化。

"Since the surge began, sectarian killings are down and al-Qaida has been driven from many strongholds it once held. I strongly believe the surge is working and so do the Iraqis," he said.

布什說：“自從增兵以來，教派屠殺減少了，基地組織被趕出了他們原來占據的許多據點。我堅信增兵正在產生作用。伊拉克人也這樣認為。”

President Bush says the success of the surge has allowed him to bring some U.S. troops home from Iraq. But the pace of future withdrawals will depend on the recommendations of the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, and the top U.S. commander there, General David Petraeus.

布什總統說，增兵決定的成功容許他能從伊拉克撤回部分美軍，但是，未來撤軍的步伐將取決于美國駐伊大使克羅克和美軍最高指揮官彼得雷烏斯將軍所做的建議。

Mr. Bush says troop withdrawals is a decision for commanders on the ground not politicians in Washington. "The politics of 2008 is not going to enter in my calculation. It is the peace of the years to come that will enter into my calculation," he said.

布什說，從伊拉克撤軍要由戰地指揮官們來決定，而不是由華盛頓的政客們來決定。布什說：“2008年的政治不會進入我的考慮過程。未來幾年的和平才是我所評估考慮的。”

The president says recent gains in Iraq are fragile and reversible because the enemy there is resilient.

布什總統說，最近在伊拉克取得的進步很不穩定，而且可能會出現倒退，原因是在伊拉克的敵人仍有可能反撲。

White House Spokeswoman Dana Perino says this was the first in a series of speeches the president will give on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan before next month's report from Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus as well as April's NATO summit in Romania.

白宮發言人佩里諾說，在克羅克大使和彼得雷烏斯將軍下月提交報告以及4月在羅馬尼亞召開北約峰會之前，布什總統將就伊拉克和阿富汗的戰爭發表一系列講話。布什總統星期二的講話是這一系列里的首次講話。

All 26 members of the NATO alliance have troops in Afghanistan, but some have restrictions on their deployment that keep their soldiers out of areas where combat with Taliban fighters is more likely.

雖然北約所有26個成員國都在阿富汗駐有軍隊，但是，部分國家限制它們各自軍隊的部署，不讓士兵駐扎在更有可能與塔利班作戰的地區。

President Bush wants more NATO troops on the front lines. At the Bucharest summit, he says he will thank alliance members for standing with what he says are the brave Afghans of a young democracy. "I will also ask NATO to join the United States in doing even more. Now is the time for nations to make the hard decisions necessary so our children can grow up in a more peaceful world," he said.

布什總統希望有更多北約部隊駐扎前線。在羅馬尼亞布加勒斯特舉行的峰會上，布什總統說，他將感謝北約聯軍成員國們與他所謂的一個年輕民主國家里英勇的阿富汗人民站在一起。布什總統說：“我還會呼吁北約和美國一道做得更多。現在到了該讓北約國家做出艱難決定的時候了。這些決定勢必讓我們的子孫生活的世界更加和平。”

The war in Iraq continues to be a big part of campaigning to succeed President Bush in 2009. Presumptive Republican candidate John McCain generally supports the president's current policy in Iraq. Democratic contenders Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton both say they would move faster to withdraw more U.S. forces.

伊拉克戰爭仍然是目前美國總統競選活動的主題之一。有望成為共和黨總統候選人的麥凱恩總體上支持布什總統現有的伊拉克政策。民主黨的競選人奧巴馬和克林頓都說他們會更快從伊拉克撤出更多美軍。