Top U.S. Iraq commander defends record to senators
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq  defended his record on Thursday in the face of strong criticism  from Sen. John McCain, a Republican presidential contender in  2008.
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The Senate on Thursday rebuffed a   call to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq this year as both   chambers of Congress engaged in high-stakes election-year   debates over the unpopular war.
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Cuts in U.S. troop levels in Iraq will not derail recent security gains, but the Iraqi government must move quicker to take advantage of the falls in violence, a senior U.S. general said on Sunday.
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U.S. Iraq commander Gen. David Petraeus appeared before the U.S. Congress on Monday to give testimony in which he was expected to argue against withdrawing the bulk of U.S. forces from Iraq for now.
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The U.S. Congress has the power to end the war in Iraq, several high-powered legal experts including a former Bush administration attorney told a Senate hearing on Tuesday.
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The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved  Gen. George Casey, the outgoing commander of U.S. forces in  Iraq, as the next Army chief of staff despite criticism of his  performance as a war commander.
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Five senators vying to become commander in chief railed, postured and questioned the top U.S. general in Iraq about the war Tuesday &#151; all they can do unless they get their wish, win the election next year and inherit the quagmire.
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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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Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, fighting for political survival, angrily rejected Republic challenger John Thune's claim on Sunday that he had emboldened the enemy in Iraq and undermined U.S. troop morale.
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Republican presidential frontrunner Sen. John McCain on Thursday defended his statement that U.S. troops could spend "maybe 100" years in Iraq -- saying he was referring to a military presence similar to what the nation already has in places like Japan, Germany and South Korea.
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SYDNEY -- On one side is the incumbent, a conservative career politician who steadfastly defends his decision to send troops to Iraq.
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, faced a tough challenge on Tuesday from both Republicans skeptical about war strategy and Democrats who want a swifter withdrawal of American troops
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The outgoing top U.S. general in Iraq diplomatically aired his differences with the commander in chief on Thursday, telling lawmakers that President Bush has ordered thousands more troops into Iraq than needed to tamp down violence in Baghdad.
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One top Democrat in Congress is calling for an exit strategy in Iraq as another vows lasting opposition to Social Security benefit cuts &#151; elements of a pre-emptive strike against President Bush before his midweek State of the Union address.
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Army Gen. David Petraeus, the top  U.S. commander in Iraq, faced criticism from a Democratic  presidential contender on Tuesday over America&#39;s war strategy.
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One of the war's staunch Republican backers in the Senate now tells TIME he's giving the Iraq government 90 days to get its act together
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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.