Bush agrees to speedy turnover in Iraq (AP)

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of Iraq arrive for a joint press conference following their meeting in Amman November 30, 2006. Bush met with Maliki to seek ways to stem sectarian carnage threatening to split Iraq.  REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque  (JORDAN)AP – President Bush said Thursday the United States will speed a turnover of security responsibility to Iraqi forces but assured Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that Washington is not looking for a “graceful exit” from a war well into its fourth violent year.