Rice makes unannounced visit to Baghdad
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on an unannounced trip to Iraq, said Saturday the success of a new security crackdown in Baghdad will be measured largely by how well the U.S.-backed government capitalizes on any letup in sectarian violence.
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KIRKUK, Iraq  - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Tuesday to urge Iraqi leaders to speed up national reconciliation to secure recent military gains that have sharply curbed violence.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit Tuesday to Kirkuk in the oil-rich Kurdish region
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AL ASAD AIR FORCE BASE, Iraq  - President George W. Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq on Monday, just a week before his top officials in Baghdad present pivotal testimony to Congress that could influence future policy on the war.
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Australian PM Kevin Rudd meets Iraqi counterpart Nouri Maliki during an unannounced visit to Baghdad.
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President George W. Bush landed in Iraq on Monday for a surprise visit along with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and national security adviser Steven Hadley, the White House said.
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Secretary of State-designate  Condoleezza Rice, in a rare acknowledgment of mistakes, said on  Wednesday the Bush administration had made some bad decisions  in Iraq and was unprepared for stabilizing the country.
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KIRKUK, Iraq  - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Iraqi leaders on Tuesday to speed up national reconciliation on a trip overshadowed by an incursion by several hundred Turkish troops into northern Iraq.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit Tuesday to the city that Iraq's Kurds call their Jerusalem, an oil-rich territory claimed by many where the United States says it sees new signs of cooperation and progress.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Baghdad Sunday on an unannounced visit to meet political leaders and show support for fragile attempts to stem the country's seemingly unstoppable bloodshed.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Iraqi leaders on Thursday to end their "political inaction" and put aside their differences to rein in sectarian violence that threatens to tear apart the country.
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A rocket attack and suicide car bombing killed at least four people in Baghdad Sunday as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld began an unannounced visit to Iraq to gauge efforts to calm violence before January elections.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Beirut on Monday in a show of support for that country's weakened democracy, which is struggling to contain the fighting between the Hezbollah militia and Israel.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended the Baghdad government's mixed report card against critics in Congress on Friday, saying the Bush administration needs another two months to find a "coherent way forward" in Iraq.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan makes his first visit to Washington next week since calls  for his resignation, meeting Secretary of State Colin Powell  and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to talk about  Iraq, U.N. officials said on Friday.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 6 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, making an unannounced visit to Iraq, urged the embattled government to accelerate efforts to foster national reconciliation and help end sectarian violence.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Iraq's prime minister during a surprise visit here Tuesday, congratulating him on the passage of legislation reinstating former Saddam Hussein loyalists to government jobs and pushing for progress on other benchmark laws.