Bush Says Results Mixed on Iraqi Troop Training
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.  - President Bush sought on  Tuesday to boost the morale of U.S. troops facing extended  deployments in Iraq, but acknowledged mixed results so far in  training Iraqi forces to replace them.
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ON IRAQ: President Bush acknowledged in a news conference Monday that US-trained Iraqi troops are not ready to take over their country&#39;s security and cautioned that next month&#39;s elections there will be only the beginning of a long process toward democracy
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Americans can expect steady progress   in Iraq but it would be unrealistic to hope for "zero   violence," President George W. Bush said on Wednesday after a   surprise trip to Baghdad to bolster the new Iraqi government.
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A majority of U.S. troops serving in  Iraq and their families said the Bush administration did not  send enough forces to Iraq and relied too heavily on the  National Guard and reserve troops, a poll showed on Saturday.
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Members of the military and their families say the Bush administration underestimated the number of troops needed in Iraq and put too much pressure on inadequately trained National Guard and reserve forces, according to a poll released Saturday.
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President Bush defended Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's handling of the Iraq war Monday and said training Iraqi police and army to take over responsibility for the country's security from U.S. troops has been difficult.
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US President George W Bush is likely to send more troops to Iraq next year, an administration official says.
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CAMP PENDLETON, California, Dec 7  - President George W. Bush said Tuesday that Iraqi elections scheduled for late next month &quot;will proceed as planned,&quot; with some 150,000 US troops there to bolster security.
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President George W.  Bush is weighing a short-term U.S. troop increase in Iraq, a spokesman said on Tuesday as he denied reports of a rift between the White House and resistant Pentagon chiefs.
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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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President Bush said in remarks  prepared for his State of the Union speech on Wednesday night  that the United States will open a "new phase" in post-election  Iraq increasingly focused on training Iraqi security forces.
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President Bush said Thursday that  elections in Iraq should not be postponed and a 12,000-troop  increase in the U.S. presence there was aimed at bolstering  security before January elections.
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Despite stepped-up training, the readiness of the Iraqi military to operate independently of U.S. forces has decreased since President Bush's new strategy was launched in January, according to the White House progress report released yesterday.
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President Bush opted for higher troop levels than some of his senior military advisers wanted.
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U.S. President George W. Bush acknowledged on Thursday his Iraq strategy had made limited progress but said he would wait for a September security report before considering a change of course.
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WASHINGTON - Saying US soldiers in Iraq &quot;deserve the best,&quot; President Bush on Thursday emphasized that the administration is addressing equipment concerns like the one about armored vehicles raised by a soldier who questioned Defense Secretary Donald
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US President George W. Bush said Thursday US troops in Iraq &quot;deserve the best&quot; and their concerns about inadequate equipment are being addressed.