Bush agrees to limited troop cuts in Iraq
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President George W. Bush on Thursday ordered gradual troop reductions in Iraq but defied calls for a dramatic change of course, telling war-weary Americans the U.S. military role there will stretch beyond his presidency.
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President George W. Bush said on Saturday his upcoming budget proposal would emphasize restraint on domestic spending while making defense and war costs for Iraq and Afghanistan the top priority.
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President Bush on Monday announced plans to shift as many as 70,000 U.S. troops who are now stationed in Western Europe and Asia in one of the largest realignments since the end of the Cold War.
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President Bush is weighing a range of options in Iraq, including a partial withdrawal of U.S. troops from violence-plagued cities and a troop buildup near the Iranian and Syrian borders, his top security aide said today.
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President Bush said the public's  decision to re-elect him ratified his approach toward Iraq, The  Washington Post reported.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States may have to lower expectations for Iraq as it embarks on a new war plan, President Bush's choice to become the top US military commander for the Middle East said yesterday.
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The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a 120 billion dollar Iraq war budget, after Democrats reluctantly agreed to President George W. Bush&#39;s demands to strip it of troop withdrawal dates.
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Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have tentatively settled on a timetable and conditions for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, which they hope to attach to a $100 billion Iraq war spending bill, senior lawmakers said on Wednesday.
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President to cut numbers to pre-surge level after Petraeus admits end is not in sight.
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President Bush has taken the most dramatic options off the table as he tries to change direction in Iraq, leaving him with a list of modest military and diplomatic moves to announce in the new year.
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President Bush is expected to announce plans to withdraw roughly 30,000 U.S. troops from Iraq by next summer, following a recommendation by the top American commander there, a senior administration official said Tuesday.
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The chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff is expected to urge President George W. Bush to cut U.S. troop levels in Iraq next year, the Los Angeles Times said on Friday, citing military and administration officials.
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President George W. Bush on Thursday defended his plan for limited U.S. troop cuts in Iraq and denounced Democrats for not taking a stronger stand against an anti-war group's attack on the credibility of his top Iraq commander.
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U.S. President George W. Bush signed a bill on Friday providing $100 billion to pay for the Iraq war, but congressional Democrats who failed to impose a troop pullout deadline said their fight was far from over.
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Gen. David Petraeus said Monday he has recommended to President Bush that the drawdown of U.S. forces from Iraq begin this month with the departure of a California-based Marine unit.
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President George W. Bush will on Monday announce the withdrawal of up to 100,000 US troops from Europe and Asia as part of a major defense reorganization, officials said.
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President Bush flirted with the idea that U.S. troop strength in Iraq could be reduced during a whirlwind visit to Anbar Province on his way to an Asia-Pacific summit at which the debate over the war seemed sure to follow him.