WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Thursday he was not satisfied with political progress in Iraq but insisted the Iraqi government was making some advances.

"There is a functioning government," Bush told a White House news conference. "Are we satisfied with the progress in Baghdad? No." But he said it was wrong to say nothing was happening and asserted that Washington would keep up pressure for efforts at national reconciliation in Iraq. (Reporting by Matt Spetalnick, editing by David Alexander)

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