Analysis: Bush parries pressure on Iraq
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President Bush has walked a fine line between embracing the mission of a bipartisan, high-profile advisory panel on Iraq and maintaining enough distance not to be bound by all &#151; or even most &#151; of its upcoming recommendations.
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An internal debate described by senior officials is the first indication that political pressure is forcing the Bush administration to consider what happens after the current troop increase.
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President Bush said Tuesday his decision to send more troops to Baghdad is yielding "gradual but important" progress in Iraq. He portrayed himself as steadfast while Democrats squabble over strategy.
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President Bush on Saturday challenged what he called public "misimpressions" about Iraq as he battled a gloomy assessment of the war in an intelligence report and the fallout from a book portraying him as in denial over it.
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US President George W. Bush is expected to increase pressure on North Korea over the Pyongyang nuclear threat in his second term -- something Japan does not want, experts say.
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President Bush threatened on Monday  to use new economic and diplomatic measures to pressure Syria  over its suspected interference in Iraq before January  elections.
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Bush finds a way to win, or at least a way not to lose, a crucial showdown on Iraq.
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President Bush, who faces mounting congressional pressure to end the war, called Saturday for patience as U.S. forces conduct stepped-up operations in Iraq.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 19 -- President Bush pushed back hard this afternoon against pressure from GOP ranks to outline a new strategy on Iraq, urging lawmakers to hold their fire until the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus, makes a progress report in September.
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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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U.S. President George W. Bush has no plans to withdraw troops from Iraq now, the White House said on Monday, despite increasing pressure from members of his own Republican party for a change in war strategy.
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Bush has made Petraeus the arbiter of Iraq policy when it should be set by the President
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President Bush threatened to veto legislation setting a date for a troop withdrawal from Iraq on Tuesday despite growing bipartisan calls in Congress for an end to U.S. participation in the war and sharp criticism of the Iraqi government.
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Call President Bush a lame duck, a weakened leader, a disappointed president whose party lost control of Congress &#151; and the decider when it comes to a new approach in Iraq. After all the studies and recommendations and talk, the president will call the shots.
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With violence on the decline in Iraq but on the upswing in Afghanistan, President Bush is facing new pressure from the U.S. military to accelerate a troop drawdown in Iraq and bulk up force levels in Afghanistan, according to senior U.S. officials.
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President George W. Bush has no plans to withdraw troops from Iraq now, the White House said on Monday, despite increasing pressure from members of his own Republican party for a change in war strategy.
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Tony Blair must use this weekâs talks with President Bush to demand Britain has a greater say in decision-making in Iraq, the Conservatives said today.