By Richard Lardner Associated Press CRAWFORD, Texas -- President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki spoke Friday by secure video as work on a plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq by 2011 continued. "There are still discussions ongoing," said White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe.

U.S. President George Bush repeatedly warning Russia about its aggressive action in Georgia isn't meant just for Moscow, a White House spokesman said Friday.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush has extended his warm wishes to embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. A White House spokesman said Bush took a telephone call from the Israeli leader Wednesday just before Olmert announced in Israel that he will resign in the fall.

President Bush agreed to "a general time horizon" for withdrawing American troops in Iraq, the White House announced Friday, in a concession that reflected both progress in stabilizing Iraq and the depth of political opposition to an open-ended military presence in Iraq and at home.

By Deb Riechmann Associated Press CRAWFORD, Texas -- President Bush, who was criticized for a slow federal response to Hurricane Katrina, took a pre-emptive strike Saturday against Hurricane Dean blowing through the Caribbean and threatening the Texas coast.