Poll: Americans' approval of Bush creeps upward, but lags approval of Rice [View All]

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Poll: Americans' approval of Bush creeps upward, but lags approval of Rice

(CNN) -- President Bush's job approval rating continues a slow climb, according to poll results released Friday, but the majority of Americans still disapprove, even as they approve of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's performance.

Fifty-nine percent of 1,047 Americans participating in the telephone poll, conducted by Opinion Research Corporation for CNN, said they disapprove of how Bush is handling his job as president. Forty percent said they approved.

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But 62 percent of poll respondents said they disapproved of Bush's handling of the situation in Iraq -- tying May poll results for the most respondents who disapprove. Another 59 percent said they disapproved of Bush's handling of the economy.

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Asked about Rice, 62 percent said they approved of her job performance, and 59 percent said they were "confident" or "somewhat confident" about her ability to handle the Middle East situation. The Rice questions were asked of only half the respondents, or about 524 people.