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Bush raises terror fears in Obama handover period
"President George W Bush has warned America that the nation faces economic and military challenges that "will not pause" to let his successor settle in.
As he signaled a changing of the guard with a speech on the White House lawn yesterday, Mr Bush said he would hold talks on key issues with president-elect Barack Obama next week as his administration goes into overdrive to ensure a seamless transition of power to his Democratic successor.
Mr Obama and his wife, Michelle, will visit the White House on Monday at the invitation of President Bush.
Mr Bush told a gathering of hundreds of employees from the presidential office: "This will also be America's first wartime presidential transition in four decades. We're in a struggle against violent extremists determined to attack us, and they would like nothing more than to exploit this period of change to harm the American people."
"President George W Bush has warned America that the nation faces economic and military challenges that "will not pause" to let his successor settle in.
As he signaled a changing of the guard with a speech on the White House lawn yesterday, Mr Bush said he would hold talks on key issues with president-elect Barack Obama next week as his administration goes into overdrive to ensure a seamless transition of power to his Democratic successor.
Mr Obama and his wife, Michelle, will visit the White House on Monday at the invitation of President Bush.
Mr Bush told a gathering of hundreds of employees from the presidential office: "This will also be America's first wartime presidential transition in four decades. We're in a struggle against violent extremists determined to attack us, and they would like nothing more than to exploit this period of change to harm the American people."