Overwhelmed or something else?
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US President George W. Bush waits for the start of the Leaders' Retreat, during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit at the Sydney Opera House. Bush said he would make a speech, expected next week, to defend his strategy in Iraq and urge the war-weary US public to rally behind it.(AFP/Mandel Ngan )
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U.S. President George W. Bush attends a retreat of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's 21 leaders summit in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Hoang Dinh Nam, POOL)