Commanders and U.S. Envoy Seek More Time for Iraq
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The appeals, in a trio of video sessions to Capitol Hill and the Pentagon, were met with stern rebukes from Republican and Democratic lawmakers, who said that time was running out.
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The Pentagon is considering delaying  the departure of some troops in Iraq and speeding the arrival  of others already due to deploy to boost force levels for the  January elections, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
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The government asked the president Tuesday to prolong the mission of Poland's 900 troops in Iraq for another year, until the end of 2007.Comment
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and a senior U.S. commander said yesterday that they favor a protracted U.S. troop presence in Iraq along the lines of the military stabilization force in South Korea.
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The U.S. commander for northern Iraq has asked for more troops to clamp down on insurgent attacks and sectarian violence in the volatile province of Diyala, he said on Friday.
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The United States and Iran have set a date for ambassador-level talks in Baghdad on the deteriorating security situation in Iraq &#151; the first such meeting since late May, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Sunday.
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BAGHDAD, March 8 -- Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said Thursday that he would examine "some months" from now whether to seek an extension of the administration's troop increase and that he had no plans "right now" to request additional forces.
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At a key juncture in the Iraq war, the military chiefs conveyed to President Bush on Friday their concern about a growing strain on troops and their families from long and repeated combat tours.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates met his top military commanders in Iraq on Monday to discuss the pace of U.S. troop reductions, a day after militants killed more than 50 people in a spate of attacks.
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The government asked the president Tuesday to prolong the mission of Poland's 900 troops in Iraq for another year, until the end of 2007.
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BAGHDAD -- A high-ranking US military officer in Iraq said yesterday that the United States thought that the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was running out of time to prevent Iraq from dissolving into outright civil war.
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The Pentagon is considering  increasing the U.S. force in Iraq for the January elections by  delaying the departure of some troops and speeding the arrival  of others, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
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U.S. officials say time is running out for Iraq to root out sectarian militias and purge ministries of corrupt officials.
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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. allies in Europe have so far mustered fewer than 100 trainers to go to Iraq to assist in the modest NATO mission there, but a top American general said Thursday he was hopeful they would offer several dozen more in the coming weeks.
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U.S. commanders in Iraq want to freeze troop levels when they reach 130,000 later this year.
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Adm. William J. Fallon, expected to be confirmed as the new top U.S. commander in the Middle East, said today that "time is running out" for Iraq's government to demonstrate its commitment to reducing violence in the country, without which Fallon said U.S. military operations will not succeed.