President Bush speaks at the White House Correspondents Association annual dinner in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON — In a solemn address to a gathering of the capital's most influential journalists and their guests, President Bush paid tribute Saturday to reporters who died covering the war in Iraq.
"Since we last gathered for this dinner we have lived through some extraordinary events. We have seen a dictator defy the world and we have seen a coalition of free nations give its answer," the president told the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
At least 13 journalists from around the world died covering the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the ouster of its leader, Saddam Hussein.
In his address, Bush singled out two American reporters who died early this month in Iraq.
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