Army Chief Says Iraq War &quot;Going Pretty Well&quot;
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Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, the Army&#39;s chief of staff, made a surprise visit to a small group of soldiers here at Forward Operating Base Danger and said in an interview that the war in Iraq is &quot;going pretty well.
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An all-party security meeting held in Iraq after two days of extreme violence is a success, says the president.
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BUSH: Well, first of all, the &#151; we are making good progress in training the Iraqi troops. There will be 125,000 of them trained by election time.
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WASHINGTON US military commanders say the weeklong assault that has wrested most of Falluja back from insurgent control achieved nearly all their objectives well ahead of schedule and with fewer pitfalls than anticipated.
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The vice president asserted that a report by the chief U.S. arms inspector in Iraq justified rather than undermined President Bush's decision to go to war.
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Britain's top commander in Iraq has joined a growing debate over whether Iraq has descended into civil war, insisting it was &quot;at the very best, a civil war in miniature.&quot;
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The top US general in Iraq says he is confident the new Baghdad security drive can cut sectarian strife.
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The U.S. military is unlikely to reduce forces in Iraq before next spring because the current contingent of more than 140,000 troops is battling sectarian violence that could prove "fatal" to the country if not arrested, the top American commander in the Middle East said yesterday.
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A newspaper quotes a US Army official as saying the military has made a &quot;mediocre&quot; effort in Iraq, and remains in peril of losing the war.
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LISBON: US army chief General Richard Myers said in an interview that civil war could erupt in Iraq after forthcoming elections. However, General Myers, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, told the
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President Bush on Tuesday cited "encouraging signs" of military and political progress in Iraq as his new strategy gets underway. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice noted that "things are going reasonably well." And on Thursday, Rice's special coordinator for Iraq, David M....
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The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, said on Monday that America was meeting its military objectives in Iraq and troop levels could be reduced by next summer.
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US troops and their families have a more positive impression of their commander-in-chief and a more upbeat attitude about both Iraq and the United States than the general public does, according to the University of Pennsylvania&#39;s National Annenberg
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The U.S. military commander in Iraq said on Thursday he currently saw no immediate need to request more U.S. troops other those already announced.
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US commander in Iraq, General Petraeus, praises the "great contribution" being made by British troops.
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Troop strength in Iraq is expected to stay at the current level of about 120,000 for at least two more years, according to the Army's top operations officer.
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Iraq has pulled back from the brink of civil war, but recent security gains are fragile and still reversible, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, said on Saturday.