Kissinger, Albright weigh in on Iraq
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Former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright urged President Bush on Wednesday to go beyond a planned buildup of U.S. forces in Iraq to develop a comprehensive strategy for the area.
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America&#039;s two top officials in Iraq on Thursday sought to calm Iraqi anger over allegations that U.S. soldiers were involved in the rape-murder of a girl, promising an open investigation and calling such acts &quot;absolutely inexcusable and unacceptable.&quot;
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President Bush says that Iraq has had some success in meeting 18 U.S.-mandated benchmarks. But on the ground in Baghdad, the oil debate suggests that artificial milestones could make things worse.
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Many Badger State residents seem focused on the United States' role in Iraq, and the issue divides the state.
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US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, left, chats with Iraqi Minister of Planning Mahdi al-Hafidh, center, and Iraqi Minister of Electricity Ayham al-Samarrai, prior to the start of a 55-nation Iraqi reconstruction donors&#39; conference in Tokyo
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Once a matter of bitter disputes, the Iraq war is strangely missing from this summit of world powers. A new generation of leaders has turned attention to other problems &#151; from global warming to poverty in Africa &#151; while the war grinds into its fifth year and the U.S. death toll climbs past 3,500.
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Iraqi leaders are no less divided than America's when it comes to the way forward in Iraq, with sharp disagreements emerging on key issues &#151; especially the idea of "surging" or increasing U.S. troops in Baghdad in the short term.
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Officials suggested that the presidentâs advisers were locked in internal debates on several fronts about how to proceed in Iraq.
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Experts say the stability of opinion has been striking, differentiating Iraq from other conflicts.
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President George W. Bush must push for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace as part of a U.S. effort to defuse broader regional tensions, an elite panel on the Iraq war urged on Wednesday.
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The Bush administration cast a wary eye Monday on signs that Iran and Syria were taking a more active diplomatic role in Iraq, even as debate in the U.S. centered on how many troops to keep in the war.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac called for &quot;a stable and democratic Iraq&quot; as well as urgent efforts to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright on Tuesday said that the war in Iraq was "a chosen war, not one based on a necessity". But, in an interview with the Austria Press Agency, Albright said: "To ...
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American and Iraqi officials joined Iraq&#39;s Middle Eastern neighbors on Tuesday to call for international support for Iraq&#39;s transition
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WASHINGTON - 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 - and a sharp new attack on rival John Kerry's stance - for a speech Monday...
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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
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U.S. President George W. Bush and  Australia&#39;s Prime Minister John Howard met beside Sydney  Harbour on Wednesday to discuss progress in Iraq and a new  defense deal ahead of an Asia-Pacific leaders&#39; summit.