WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A somber President Bush said on Tuesday U.S. troops killed in a deadly attack in northern Iraq were on a mission of peace as the heavy death toll presented him with a fresh challenge amid dwindling U.S. support for the war.

Bush paid a Christmas-time visit to families of troops wounded in battle at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on the same day an attack on a tented dining hall at a U.S. military base killed 24 people — most of them Americans — and wounded about 60 in the Iraqi city of Mosul.

“We pray for them. We send our heartfelt condolences to the loved ones who suffered today. We just want them to know that the mission is a vital mission for peace,” Bush said.
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