The President spoke during an appearance with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Bush also confirmed plans to move more US troops into Baghdad.

• President Bush: “This plan will involve embedding more U.S. military police with Iraqi police units to make them more effective. The Prime Minister advised me that to support this plan, he and General Casey have agreed to deploy additional American troops and Iraqi security personnel in Baghdad in the coming weeks.”

The announcement has raised concerns the US presence could only increase the violence in the Iraqi capital. Bombings and killings have worsened since US and Iraqi troops launched a massive security crackdown six weeks ago. Baghdad’s central morgue says it’s received more than one thousand bodies already this month. According to the United Nations, more than one hundred Iraqis are being killed each day.