Bush outlines gradual troop reduction

In speech, president says Iraq still needs �enduring relationship� with U.S.Sept. 13, 2007WASHINGTON - President Bush, defending an unpopular war, ordered gradual reductions in U.S. forces in Iraq on Thursday night and said, �The more successful we are, the more American troops can return home.�Yet, Bush firmly rejected calls to end the war, insisting that Iraq will still need military, economic