Iraq panel co-chairmen face uphill task
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One is a Bush family loyalist who served four presidents and guided George W. Bush to legal victory in the disputed 2000 election. The other is a resolute Democrat, a 34-year congressman who steered a divided 9/11 commission to unanimity.
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President Bush meets today with a top Iraqi Shiite leader in what could be a key week in the reshaping of U.S. policy toward the conflict in Iraq -- with hearings beginning Tuesday on the confirmation of Defense Secretary nominee Robert M. Gates, a bipartisan panel scheduled to release its...
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The United States should begin to withdraw forces from combat and launch a diplomatic push, including with Iran and Syria, to prevent "a slide toward chaos" in Iraq, an elite panel recommended on Wednesday.
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The US, Iran, and Iraq agreed Tuesday to form a subcommittee on stability in Iraq.
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One longtime House member's views of the hidden costs of the war in Iraq are worth studying -- when the congressman is Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee on defense.
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Leaders of a bipartisan panel on Iraq defended their call for a new war strategy Sunday, saying it embraces President Bush's goal of an Iraq government that can defend and sustain itself.
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The retired House memberÂs willingness to find common ground is likely to be on display again with the release of the findings of the Iraq Study Group.
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WASHINGTON -- As a leading backer of the Iraq war, Virginia Sen. John W. Warner was not about to concede intelligence errors readily or quickly.
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U.S.-funded reconstruction in Iraq  is gaining pace in some areas, albeit on a smaller scale than  hoped, despite mounting attacks and intimidation by insurgents,  said a senior U.S. official on Wednesday.
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Leaders of the Shiite and Kurdish parties that govern Iraq have disparaged the Iraq Study Group report. Sunni Arabs said they agree with the report's prognosis of Iraq's problems &#151; but not the proposed cure.
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Federal agencies supporting the Iraq war and reconstruction should order their civilian employees to fill key jobs in the combat zone if not enough volunteers step forward, a high-level commission said in a report presented to the president and Congress yesterday.
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More lawmakers urge Congress to forcefully steer US actions in Iraq. But a united front is hard to achieve in a campaign season.
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With countries still bitterly divided over the war in Iraq, a high-level panel appointed by the United Nations has recommended a five-step guideline to determine when to use military action.
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The security situation in Iraq is challenging and attacks could increase in coming months, a U.S. progress report said on Thursday as President George W. Bush faces rising pressure to shift course in the unpopular war.
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Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden, who  will be the next chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations  Committee, set down benchmarks on Monday that he said should be  addressed by an influential panel considering the United  States' alternatives in Iraq.
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With the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq serving as a backdrop, a high-level international panel called for sweeping changes Tuesday of the United Nations, including a recommendation that the Security Council must in the future authorize any pre-emptive or preventive global military action.
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Bush's top two men in Iraq are finally about to deliver a verdict on progress there. Here are the questions to ask about it