Harriet Miers, Donald Rumsfeld, now Iraq. Express confidence, abandon.

RIGA, Latvia - President Bush, under pressure to change direction in Iraq said Tuesday he will not be persuaded by any calls to withdraw American troops before the country is stabilized.

"There's one thing I'm not going to do, I'm not going to pull our troops off the battlefield before the mission is complete," he said in a speech setting the stage for high-stakes meetings with the Iraqi prime minister later this week. "We can accept nothing less than victory for our children and our grandchildren."