Inching Along, One More Piece to Rebuild Iraq
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There is increasing pressure on the Bush administration to show that the rebuilding effort is making progress.
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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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The assault on the city was accompanied by a pledge from U.S. officials to rebuild it after the offensive was complete. But keeping that promise may prove more difficult than anticipated.
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Provincial reconstruction teams, the civilian centerpiece of the Bush administration's strategy in Iraq, are making "incremental" progress in some areas and very little in others, a government auditor told Congress 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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A new White House report on Iraq shows slim progress, moving just one more political and security goal into the satisfactory column: efforts to let former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party to rejoin the political process, a senior administration official told The Associated Press.
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The White House yesterday signaled that the remolding of President Bush&#39;s Cabinet is nearly finished, with word that four additional members will remain on a team that is critical to advancing the president&#39;s agenda.
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Iraqis were promised billions of  dollars in mainly American aid to rebuild their country after  last year's U.S.-led invasion, but mounting violence has choked  reconstruction spending to almost nothing.
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The Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan panel that mapped out an alternative U.S. strategy for Iraq last December, may be reconstituted for a sequel.
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TOKYO : Iraq has asked the international community to play an active role in rebuilding its war-torn infrastructure and help alleviate its debts.
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Iraqi engineers have fixed most of the damage caused by a sabotage attack earlier this month on the main pipeline carrying Iraqi oil to Turkey, but the country still depends on a network of substitute lines to export crude, an official with the North Oil Co. said on Monday.
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Democrats are trying to have it both ways on the Iraq funding vote. It will be interesting to see if they can do that.
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Developments concerning Iraq on Monday.
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U.S. commanders say they've learned from past mistakes and are trying to lay the foundation for stability as they clear insurgents from this battleground city. But it's a slow process at a time when Congress and the U.S. public are demanding speedy results.
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Despite the obstacles, the president said progress has been made in Iraq this year and expressed continued confidence that the oil-rich nation will be transformed into a democratic beacon in the Middle East.
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TOKYO: International donors to Iraq agreed yesterday that they need to speed up the allocation of promised funds to rebuild the country, but failed to erase concerns that violence is a huge obstacle as they wrapped up a two-day meeting.
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The U.S. has paid out millions to help Iraqis rebuild their war-damaged homes. But cash is limited and the process can be slow