http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=bondsNews&storyID=5317272DENVER, June 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday will compare his administration's war on terror to World War Two and cast the Middle East as a critical front akin to war-time Europe, during a commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy, a senior White House official said.
A day after he embraced a new Iraqi interim government as a step toward representative government, the Republican president was also expected to speak in detail about America's enemies such as Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"He'll say we're fighting the broader war on terror throughout the world, but much like in World War Two, when Europe became the critical front in that war, the greater Middle East is the critical front in the war on terror," the official said.
"Events in Europe determined the Cold War; this is kind of the equivalent of that in the Middle East," he added.
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Undeterred by political pressure, the president has donned the mantel of war president by vowing to keep U.S. troops in Iraq until the country is stable and mounting a series war-related speeches that will include a June 6 appearance at the site of the 1944 Normandy invasion.
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