For U.S., The Goal Is Now 'Iraqi Solutions'
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In the year since President Bush announced he was changing course in Iraq with a troop "surge" and a new strategy, U.S. military and diplomatic officials have begun their own quiet policy shift. After countless unsuccessful efforts to push Iraqis toward various political, economic and security...
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IRBIL, Iraq -- Two weeks after the United States launched an ambitious security plan for Iraq, then-U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad issued an enthusiastic announcement about progress toward an Iraqi oil law, a key American goal.
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The State Department acknowledged that the first American oil contract in Iraq is at cross purposes with the stated U.S. foreign policy of strengthening the countryâs central government.
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A progress report on Iraq will conclude that the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad has not met any of its targets for political, economic and other reform, speeding up the Bush administration's reckoning on what to do next, a U.S. official said Monday.
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Both Iraqi unity and global engagement may get a boost.
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Make no mistake about it, change is coming in President Bush's Iraq policy. After stubbornly pursuing a stay-the-course policy into a fourth year of war, Bush is being told it's time for a new direction &#151; by everyone from U.S. voters and a blue-ribbon panel to his own national security adviser and ousted defense secretary.
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IraqÂs leader unveiled a plan to defuse sectarian crises, but it was unclear whether it could stem the increasingly brazen violence.
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U.S.-funded programs stand at the heart of the American effort to make Iraq a model of democracy in the Arab world, but leading up to the country's upcoming elections, the overriding concern is security.
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WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan call went out to the Bush administration Sunday to face reality in Iraq and change its occupation policies.
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The United States, Iran and Iraq have agreed to set up a security subcommittee to carry forward talks on restoring stability in Iraq, the U.S. envoy said Tuesday at the end of a second round of groundbreaking talks with his Iranian counterpart.
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BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi says his government has &quot;new plans&quot; to crush the country&#39;s insurgency and restore security.
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The senior U.S. commander in Iraq is preparing a plan for military operations that sets summer 2009 as the goal for achieving a sustainable level of security throughout the country, his spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Bush finds a way to win, or at least a way not to lose, a crucial showdown on Iraq.
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President Bush reported progress in Iraq Friday, after hearing Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki brief him on steps being taken by the government in Baghdad. "We appreciate the fact that he's beginning to meet the benchmarks that he set out for his people," Bush said.
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However, the head of the commission said there had been sufficient progress in Iraq to envision a reduction in forces as early as next year.
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WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a House panel yesterday that the United States should know in a few months if the Iraqi government is making progress toward peace and whether the United States "is going to have to look at other alternatives and consequences."
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An urgent overhaul of US policy on Iraq is needed to stop "a slide towards chaos", says a major report.