Bush says new approach needed in Iraq
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President Bush, admitting that "it's bad in Iraq," acknowledged Thursday that the United States needs a new approach in the unpopular war and promised to unveil details in an upcoming speech.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush called yesterday on Democrats and Republicans to work together on a new strategy for the war in Iraq after a high-level group said the administration's current approach was not working.
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President Bush, who faces mounting congressional pressure to end the war, called Saturday for patience as U.S. forces conduct stepped-up operations in Iraq.
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President Bush has a fresh mandate to pursue an &quot;aggressive&quot; foreign policy, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday.
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on Thursday he was not satisfied with political progress in Iraq but insisted the Iraqi government was making some advances.
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President George W. Bush's choice for defense secretary on Tuesday embraced a new approach to ending the carnage in Iraq and said the whole region risked erupting in violence in the next two years.
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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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The meeting is a possible sign that the United States is exploring new options in Iraq.
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President Bush engaged in another round of telephone diplomacy Wednesday, calling allies to drum up support for the new government being created in Iraq following last weekend's elections.
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Bush administration's top officials in Iraq tell Congress that the president's new war strategy has brought political and military gains.
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President Bush intensified diplomatic efforts on Monday to quell rising violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, turning to allies as his national security adviser said the conflict in Iraq had entered "a new phase" ...Comment
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President Bush, pressed by Democrats for an exit strategy from Iraq, will not give a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal but stress in his State of the Union speech the need to train Iraqi forces to take over security, the White House said on Monday.
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US President George W. Bush, still facing international criticism of the Iraq war, said he will make new proposals to spread &quot;freedom&quot; when he addresses the United Nations this week.
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Under pressure to start bringing  U.S. troops home from Iraq after Sunday's election, President  Bush said on Saturday that the U.S. mission must keep going to  help the new government get its footing.
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President Bush suggested on Wednesday that Democrat John Kerry's aggressive new attacks on the White House's Iraq policy show that the Massachusetts senator may not be up to the task of leading the broader war on terrorism.
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The U.S. military's top general said Monday that the Joint Chiefs of Staff is weighing a range of possible new directions in Iraq, including, if President Bush deems it necessary, an even bigger troop buildup.
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George Bush's choice to command US forces in the Mid-East calls for a new Iraq approach.