Administration Shaving Yardstick for Iraq Gains
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The Iraqi government is unlikely to meet any of the political and security goals or timelines President Bush set for it in January when he announced a major shift in U.S. policy, according to senior administration officials closely involved in the matter. As they prepare an interim report due next...
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Despite stepped-up training, the readiness of the Iraqi military to operate independently of U.S. forces has decreased since President Bush's new strategy was launched in January, according to the White House progress report released yesterday.
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The Bush administration is bumping up against the limits of military and political power to influence what happens next in Iraq, four years into an increasingly unpopular war that has not gone as planned.
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Struggling to defend its Iraq policy, the Bush administration in a 23-page classified report points to limited progress being made by the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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Liberal groups are frustrated a deal on Iraq war spending does not include troop withdrawals and Republicans disappointed the White House is accepting billions in extra domestic spending
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The release of the account on Iraq's weapons is only the latest in a series of damaging blows to the White House's strategy of portraying the war as being on the cusp of success.
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The White House is expected to give Congress an interim report on progress in Iraq showing mixed progress.
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A new Iraq intelligence report says the troop increase is having some success. Did politics influence the findings?
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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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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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A year after he ordered a large increase in American troops in Iraq, President Bush said that he was prepared to slow or even halt further reductions of forces there.
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Having won a two-month reprieve from Congress to demonstrate progress in Iraq, the White House does not intend to give up on trying to forge a grand political bargain among Iraq's sectarian leaders, even though such a deal has proved elusive since the 2003 invasion, administration officials said.
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A day after President George W. Bush cited enough progress in Iraq to justify U.S. troop reductions, the White House told Congress on Friday that Iraqi leaders had failed to meet half of their key goals.
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WASHINGTON -- The Iraqi government is unlikely to meet any of the political and security goals President Bush set for it in January when he announced a major shift in US policy, according to senior administration officials closely involved in the matter.
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Monday's address is expected to highlight improvements in Iraq, but not reforms for immigration or Social Security.
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The ministerâs comments suggested a longer U.S. commitment in Iraq than had previously been indicated.
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U.S. and Iraqi commanders said on Saturday there had been a remarkable improvement in the country's security over the past year, but the top American general also warned that the gains could be reversed.