Bush set to endorse limited troop cuts in Iraq
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President George W. Bush is expected to endorse plans on Thursday for limited cuts in U.S. troop levels in Iraq but will offer little else to skeptical Americans looking for a change of course in the unpopular war.
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Gen. David H. Petraeus, who will testify before Congress today, has recommended deferring decisions on reducing the main body of troops in Iraq.
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President Bush says Iraqi leaders  chosen in next week's election will probably want U.S. troops  to stay, but the forces will be pulled out if the new  government asks, The New York Times reported on Friday.
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President Bush said Saturday he is open to the possibility of slowing or stopping plans to bring more U.S. troops home from Iraq, defying domestic demands to speed the withdrawals. Updated on war developments, Bush said the U.S. presence in Iraq will outlast his presidency.
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As he prepares to provide Congress and the nation a progress report on Iraq this week, President Bush has sought to reframe the domestic political battle over the war, putting himself in a position to do something his critics have long advocated: Begin drawing down the huge U.S. troop presence.
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The U.S. Senate moved a step closer to repudiating U.S. President George W. Bush's Iraq strategy on Thursday when a key Democrat backed a Republican-crafted proposal opposing a troop increase.
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A US senator belonging to President George W. Bush&#39;s Republican Party said Sunday he and other members of Congress expect the number of US troops in Iraq to be reduced after September.
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President George W. Bush on Thursday will endorse a limited withdrawal of about 20,000 troops from Iraq by July but will offer little else to skeptical Americans looking for a change of course in the unpopular war.
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CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait, Jan. 12 -- President Bush explored the possibility of further troop reductions in Iraq with his top commander on Saturday, but he announced no decisions while forecasting that the U.S. military presence there would outlast his presidency.
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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 skeptical Americans the U.S. military role there will stretch beyond his presidency.
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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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A House vote on Iraq this week will be limited to the question of supporting President Bush's troop escalation, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Sunday.
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With lawmakers openly skeptical of his troop buildup, President Bush will cast his plan for a gradual, limited withdrawal as a way to bring a divided America together.
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Democrats will limit this week's Iraq debate in the U.S. House of Representatives to a resolution that disapproves of President George W. Bush's plan to increase troop levels, the House Democratic leader said on Sunday.
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After months of stubbornly refusing even to consider cutting U.S. troop levels in Iraq, President George W. Bush has suddenly decided the idea is no longer taboo.
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President Bush will tell the nation Thursday evening that he plans to reduce the American troop presence in Iraq by as many as 30,000 by next summer but will condition those and further cuts on continued progress, The Associated Press has learned.
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President Bush is expected to  announce on Monday the withdrawal of about 70,000 troops from  Europe and Asia in a major realignment of the U.S. military  presence to better fight the war on terrorism.