House Iraq debate limited to troop increase: Hoyer
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Democrats will limit this week's Iraq debate in the U.S. House of Representatives to a resolution that disapproves of President George W. Bush's plan to increase troop levels, the House Democratic leader said on Sunday.
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President Bush said on Tuesday he was considering a short-term U.S. troop increase in Iraq, but a spokesman denied reports of a rift with Pentagon chiefs said to oppose the idea.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on  Thursday raised the possibility that Iraq could conduct only  limited elections in January, excluding places where violence  was considered too severe for people to go to polls.
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Tonight&#39;s final presidential debate is restricted to domestic policy, but Iraq is certain to rear its controversial head. &quot;There&#39;s no way to ignore it even if you&#39;re supposed
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Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said on Sunday he would support a short-term increase in U.S. troops in Iraq being weighed by President George W. Bush if it is part of a broader withdrawal plan.
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President Bush is weighing a short-term U.S. troop increase in Iraq, the White House said on Tuesday, as Bush reportedly acknowledged for the first time that America is not winning the war.
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Senate Republicans scuttled a Democratic proposal ordering troop withdrawals from Iraq in a showdown Wednesday that capped an all-night debate on the war
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An independent assessment concluding that Iraq has made little political progress in recent months despite an influx of U.S. troops drew fierce objections from the White House on Thursday and provided fresh ammunition for Democrats who want to bring troops home.
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Some of the most dramatic debate surrounding the nearly four-year-old Iraq war is expected to begin Tuesday over a House of Representatives resolution criticizing President Bush's plan to increase troops by more than 20,000.
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The White House staunchly defended its Iraq policy Tuesday as new questions emerged about President Bush's prewar decisions and postwar planning: An impending weapons report undercut the administration's main rationale for the war, and the former head of the American occupation said the United States had too few troops in Iraq after the invasion.
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The U.S. House of Representatives  denounced President George W. Bush's Iraq troop buildup on  Friday in a symbolic challenge to his unpopular war strategy  that is expected to lead to a mighty struggle over financing  the extra troops.
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President Bush is weighing a short-term U.S. troop increase in Iraq, a spokesman said on Tuesday as he denied reports of a rift between the White House and resistant Pentagon chiefs.
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Nearly four years after the US invaded Iraq, the House of Representatives opened debate on a symbolic resolution opposing President George W. Bush's move to increase American forces there.
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Analysis: There's less difference than it may seem in how Republicans and Democrats want to manage Iraq
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Denying he has painted too rosy a picture of Iraq, President Bush said Thursday he would consider sending more troops if asked, but Iraq's interim leader firmly said they weren't needed. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld suggested parts of Iraq might have to be excluded from elections in January.
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LONDON -- An appeal by US commanders for British troops to bolster American forces near Baghdad has sparked angry protests here, but Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon indicated in Parliament yesterday that the request would probably be approved later this week.
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Text of the Democratic resolution expressing disaproval of President Bush's troop increase in Iraq that the House will debate this week: