Bush talks over war plans with top aides

WHITE HOUSE (AP) -- President Bush has been discussing the Iraq war and other matters with top deputies who've just returned from the Middle East.<br/> <br/>He met at the White House today with Secretary

Saturday, January 20th 2007, 2:33 pm

By: News On 6

WHITE HOUSE (AP) -- President Bush has been discussing the Iraq war and other matters with top deputies who've just returned from the Middle East.

He met at the White House today with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates to hear details of their recent trips.

Rice is just back from the Middle East. And Gates returned to Washington Saturday after a whirlwind tour that began last weekend in London and ended Friday in southern Iraq. In between he visited NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, met with troops and officials in Afghanistan and made stops in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar.

After their meeting, Bush left for Camp David, accompanied by Rice, national security adviser Stephen Hadley and chief of staff Joshua Bolten.