Washington Times

    In a one-hour morning press conference that covered Iraq, Iran and domestic issues, Mr. Bush dared Democrats to oppose him on terrorist wiretapping.

    "If people in the party believe that, then they ought to stand up and say it," he said of Democrats critical of his decision to allow the National Security Agency to monitor U.S.-international calls that intelligence officers think involve terrorists.

    "They ought to take their message to the people, and say, 'Vote for me. I promise we're not going to have terrorist surveillance program,'" Mr. Bush said.