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buoyant Bush insisted that U.S. troops would remain there until Iraqi forces can do the job on their own.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>And while he said he recognized that calls for bringing home many of the 130,000 U.S. troops now in Iraq would only increase as the November elections draw nearer, pulling out too soon would “make the world a more dangerous place. It’s bad policy.”</p><div class="aC"><div class="textSmallGrey w320"><a href="#storyContinued">Story continues below ↓</a><hr noshade size="1"> advertisement <div style="padding:0 10 10 10;"><script>ad_dap(250,300,'&PG=NBCMSN&AP=1089');</script></div><hr noshade size="1"></div></div><a name="storyContinued"></a><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Bush said he assured worried Iraqi leaders during his 5 1/2 hour visit on Tuesday that he would not bow to political pressure and bring troops home prematurely.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>“If we stand down too soon, it won’t enable us to achieve our objectives,” the president said. 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