White House faces tough crowd on Iraq
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President Bush is sending his top aide on national security affairs to Capitol Hill on Thursday to confront what has become a tough crowd on the Iraq war.
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President George W. Bush has no plans to withdraw troops from Iraq now, the White House said on Monday, despite increasing pressure from members of his own Republican party for a change in war strategy.
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The Iraq Study Group's strong critique has put the White House on the defensive. So why aren't the Democrats cheering?
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The White House on Wednesday  portrayed a British timetable for beginning to withdraw forces  from Iraq as a sign of progress, but Democrats seized on it to  pressure President George W. Bush to bring U.S. troops home.
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CRAWFORD, Tex., Aug. 24 -- Despite political pressure for a change of course in Iraq, the White House hopes to keep in place its existing military strategy and troop levels there after the mid-September report from Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, administration officials...
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The White House challenges a report for Congress saying Iraq has met few targets used to measure progress.
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President George W. Bush&#39;s Iraq war speech left his potential successors facing a daunting inheritance: tens of thousands of troops in the war zone when the White House changes hands in January 2009.
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As violence grips Iraq, some White House hopefuls want U.S. troops to start coming home now, or at least soon. Others say the United States must win at all costs. One has called for Iraq to be carved up along ethnic lines. And then there's Sen. John McCain.
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U.S. President George W. Bush has no plans to withdraw troops from Iraq now, the White House said on Monday, despite increasing pressure from members of his own Republican party for a change in war strategy.
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US President George W. Bush is set to host Prime Minister Tony Blair at the White House for talks likely to focus on a hard-hitting report that urged a strategic change in Iraq.
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Senators from both parties urged the Bush administration on Sunday to make a realistic assessment of the situation in Iraq and adjust its policies aimed at pacifying the country. But Bush readied a firm defense of his Iraq policy &#151; and a sharp new attack on rival John Kerry's stance &#151; for a speech Monday.
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The White House sought to explain the missing explosives in Iraq; John Kerry said the president had put U.S. troops at risk.
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The White Houseâs strategy calls on diplomats to head to some of Iraqâs most hostile regions, but many refuse to go.
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Ten candidates were to crowd onto a stage Tuesday in the next debate among Republicans vying for the White House in 2008, as a new poll showed mounting anger at the dragging Iraq war.
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The Bush administration is split over the idea of a surge in troops to Iraq, with White House officials aggressively promoting the concept over the unanimous disagreement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to U.S. officials familiar with the intense debate.
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The White House appealed Tuesday for more patience on the war in Iraq as Democrats warned that time was running out and a prominent Republican declared that President Bush's strategy was not working.
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The White House is ready to ask Congress for more money for President Bush's plan &#151; already hotly debated &#151; to send 21,500 new combat troops into Iraq.