Maliki under U.S. fire before Bush talks
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki arrived in Jordan for crisis talks with President Bush on Wednesday under a cloud of White House criticism of his ability to rescue Iraq from bloody turmoil.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hit  back on Sunday at Democratic presidential hopeful Senator  Hillary Clinton and other U.S. critics who have called for him  to be replaced, telling them &quot;to come to their senses.&quot;
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The visit to Washington of Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister spurred a new salvo Thursday in the battle for the White House. Vice President Dick Cheney offered a pointed rebuke of Sen. John
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The President's next White House guest, a staunch Shi'ite partisan and critic of the U.S., probably won't be any more accomodating than  Maliki&#8212;but may be able to give some insight into what Iran is thinking
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US President George W Bush begins three days of talks about Iraq as he considers possible policy changes.
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The Bush administration lamented the newest flare up of civilian strife in Iraq, even as the White House looked with anticipation toward a meeting next week between President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
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The United States was set on Thursday   to hand over formal command of Iraqi troops to Prime Minister   Nuri al-Maliki's government, a significant step toward the   withdrawal of some 150,000 U.S.-led foreign troops.
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President Bush, under pressure to find a new blueprint for Iraq, on Wednesday sought to strengthen Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's ability to quell rising violence amid U.S. doubts about his capacity to ...Comment
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U.S. President George W. Bush will meet Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan next week with grim new statistics showing record numbers of Iraqis were killed last month and many more fled the country.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is to address a joint session of the US Congress as well as meeting President Bush.
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President Bush meets today with a top Iraqi Shiite leader in what could be a key week in the reshaping of U.S. policy toward the conflict in Iraq -- with hearings beginning Tuesday on the confirmation of Defense Secretary nominee Robert M. Gates, a bipartisan panel scheduled to release its...
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Congressional leaders displayed eroding patience in the Iraqi government on Sunday, adding pressure on President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to find a faster path to peace when they meet this week.
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Iraq's Shi'ite prime minister, Nuri   al-Maliki, will make his first official visit on Monday to   neighboring Shi'ite Iran, whose influence in Iraq is a matter   of concern in Washington.
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TALLINN, Estonia Nov. 28--President Bush said Tuesday morning he will press Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for a plan to contain the escalating sectarian violence, though he refused to characterize the situation in Iraq as a civil war.
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Halting violent sectarian strife in Iraq, especially in Baghdad, will dominate President Bush's summit with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki next week in the Middle East.
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The United States and Iraq were at odds   on Saturday over the transfer of operational control of Iraq's   military to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government, forcing   a delay of a handover ceremony.
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President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki both told an anxious world Thursday that they want to speed the handover of security responsibility to Iraqi forces as a way to calm the country. But neither gave a clue as to how they might accomplish that difficult task.