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<b>Bush presses Musharraf to hold elections </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->WASHINGTON - President Bush told Pakistan's president on Wednesday that he must hold parliamentary elections and step down as army leader.

"You can't be the president and the head of the military at the same time," Bush said, describing a telephone call with Gen. Pervez Musharraf. "I had a very frank discussion with him."

Bush revealed the call to Musharraf during an appearance with the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, at George Washington's home in Mount Vernon, Va.

Since the declaration of emergency rule Saturday, the White House has faced questions about why Bush was taking a relatively soft line on the crackdown and had not spoken directly to Musharraf, whom Bush has called a friend he trusts.

"<b>My message was that we believe strongly in elections and that you ought to have elections soon and you need to take off your uniform,"</b> Bush said.
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