US urged to speed up Iraq plan
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Iraq's Sunni vice-president demands the US speed up troop deployments in Baghdad for a new security drive.
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Quickening his search for a new war strategy, President Bush sought ideas from lawmakers on Friday and lined up three days of urgent talks with military brass, diplomats and outside experts on how to stop Iraq's slide toward anarchy.
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As sectarian violence continues, the US military cautions that results of its Baghdad troop 'surge' will take time.
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The ministerâs comments suggested a longer U.S. commitment in Iraq than had previously been indicated.
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The Pentagon asks for an estimated time for the U.S. occupation in Iraq
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As one of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite faction leaders visited the White House on Monday, the United States made an urgent plea to Iraqis to resist a cycle of violence that will "destroy you and your country".
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The U.S. government should have been   quicker to employ local firms to help rebuild Iraq instead of   relying on U.S. corporations whose contracts gave them no   incentive to minimize costs, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
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The Bush administration wants Congress' permission to shift nearly &#36;3.5 billion of the &#36;18.4 billion in Iraqi reconstruction aid to security and faster economic growth, documents submitted to lawmakers show.
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President Bush knows the general direction he wants to move U.S. policy on Iraq but won't announce it until next month, the White House said Tuesday. Military commanders were recommending more U.S. advisers and equipment for Iraqi forces, said a defense specialist.
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Struggling to defend its Iraq policy, the Bush administration in a 23-page classified report points to limited progress being made by the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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Geoff Hoon is to make a Commons statement on proposals to put some troops under US command in Iraq.
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As Iraq&#39;s elections due on Jan. 30 draw near, the US appeals to key allies and international organizations, including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the United Nations
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The United States should begin to withdraw forces from combat and launch a diplomatic push, including with Iran and Syria, to prevent "a slide toward chaos" in Iraq, an elite panel recommended on Wednesday.
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The aim is to accelerate deployment of Iraqi forces against the insurgents.
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Britain is urging the United States to announce a possible timetable for the withdrawal of the countries' troops from Iraq.
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A top U.S. commander told Iraqâs premier to make political progress by next month to counter the growing tide of opposition to the war in Congress.
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A leaked memo suggests three ways the US might help the Iraqi leader: more troops, more money, and more diplomacy.