Bush defends UK Basra pullout
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Â· Britain alarmed by critics in US administration Â· Ministers deny mission in southern Iraq has failed
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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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President Bush defends his Iraq plan, a day after the House of Representatives begins debate on opposing it.
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WASHINGTON - As British troops pull out of their last base in Basra, some military commanders and civilian government officials in the area are concerned that the transition could leave them and a major supply route to Baghdad at greater risk of attack.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's government on Monday rejected claims from opposition lawmakers that a redeployment of British troops in Iraq would be a political show of support for the Bush administration before U.S. presidential elections.
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President Bush defended yesterday Pakistan&#39;s cooperation in the hunt for Osama bin Laden despite the inability of US and Pakistani troops
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President Bush, in Iraq on Monday, emphasized security gains, sectarian reconciliation and the possibility of a troop withdrawal.
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US President George W Bush defends his decision not to intervene in Darfur's "genocide", in a BBC interview.
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LONDON, England -- Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government has dismissed opposition claims that a redeployment of British troops in Iraq would be a &quot;political gesture&quot; to the White House ahead of next month&#39;s US presidential election.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged Tuesday to keep Britain's Iraq policy in line with that of the United States, seeking to allay fears the country's move out of the southern city of Basra marked the start of a major withdrawal.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's government on Monday rejected claims from opposition lawmakers that a redeployment of British troops in Iraq would be a political show of support for the Bush administration before ...
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President Bush defended Defense  Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's handling of the Iraq war on Monday  but acknowledged difficulties in training Iraqi police and army  to take over the country's security so U.S. forces can return  home.
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BASRA, Iraq  - British troops quit the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Monday, an Iraqi general said, ending the British presence in the oil hub for the first time since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.
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The commander of British troops in southern Iraq has revealed Saturday details of how they would pull out of the city of Basra and leave the way clear for Iraqi units to take control.
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President Bush vigorously defended his troop buildup in Iraq on Wednesday, and got a boost when Australian Prime Minister John Howard said his country's forces there won't change for the foreseeable future.
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LONDON/BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The British government on Monday rejected claims it was planning to put some of its troops under US command as a political show of support for President George W. Bush ahead of the presidential elections.
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The former U.S. administrator in Iraq on Tuesday defended American actions there &#151; a day after faulting troop strength following the ouster of Saddam Hussein.