2006 Press Releases

President Bush Praises Slovakia in Speech

Bratislava, January 11, 2006

In a speech about the War on Terror to the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization in Washington, D.C., January 10, President George W. Bush praised Slovakia's decision to forgive the Iraqi debt.

The President said: "Many of the world's smallest nations have been among the most generous. Last month, for example, Slovakia announced that it plans to forgive a hundred percent of Iraq's $145 million debt. This makes Slovakia only the third country, along with the United States and Malta, to write off Iraqi debt completely. More nations should do the same so the Iraq people are not held back by the crushing burden of debt accumulated by Saddam Hussein."

The entire text may be found on the White House website, http://www.whitehouse.gov