CRAWFORD, Texas - US President George W. Bush said Saturday that he expected Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to lift a state of emergency and return to constitutional rule "as quickly as possible."
Asked whether he believed Musharraf's pledges to hold elections by February 2008 and quit as army chief if confirmed as president, Bush replied: "I take a person for his word" until they are proven unreliable.
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11/10/2007 18:16 GMT