Bush Faces Pressure to Shift War Priorities
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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 predicted heavy fighting this summer for U.S. troops in Iraq as the U.S. Congress moved on Thursday toward a tense vote that would give Bush the money he wants for the unpopular war.
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President Bush is going on the offensive against growing Republican defections against his war strategy in Iraq. He scheduled a news conference Thursday to urge Congress to give his plan time to work.
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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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President Bush began his post-Christmas vacation Sunday contemplating a hefty second-term agenda on both global and domestic fronts, including expectations of continued violence against U.S. troops in Iraq.
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Nervous Republicans are urging President Bush to unveil a robust second-term agenda at his convention next week to shift voters&#39; focus from the unpopular war in Iraq and other issues that are a distraction to his re-election drive.
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President Bush on Tuesday accused his Democratic rival John Kerry of shifting his position on Iraq and reaffirmed his own commitment to the war.
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President Bush said Saturday he wants to hear all advice before making decisions about changes in Iraq strategy, even as it was disclosed that Donald H. Rumsfeld called for major changes in tactics two days before he resigned as defense secretary.
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President Bush faces some unusually early foreign-policy decisions that will signal whether he&#39;ll stick with the aggressive, go-it-alone approach that dominated his first term or soften its edges with diplomacy.
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Quickening his search for a new war strategy, President Bush sought ideas from lawmakers on Friday and lined up three days of urgent talks with military brass, diplomats and outside experts on how to stop Iraq's slide toward anarchy.
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Two Republican senators add to pressure on President Bush with a new plan on Iraq troop withdrawal.
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President Bush pledged on Saturday to seek bipartisan consensus on the way forward in Iraq, as he awaited a panel's recommendations on how to shift course in the unpopular war.
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The U.S. military's top general said Monday that the Joint Chiefs of Staff is weighing a range of possible new directions in Iraq, including, if President Bush deems it necessary, an even bigger troop buildup.
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President Bush, facing a growing Republican revolt against his Iraq policy, has rejected calls to change course but will launch a campaign emphasizing his intent to draw down U.S. forces next year and move toward a more limited mission if security conditions improve, senior officials said yesterday.
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President Bush has taken the most dramatic options off the table as he tries to change direction in Iraq, leaving him with a list of modest military and diplomatic moves to announce in the new year.
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President Bush is sending his top aide on national security affairs to Capitol Hill on Thursday to confront what has become a tough crowd on the Iraq war.
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President Bush on Monday will seek $245 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while boosting other military spending and curbing domestic programs, setting the stage for a big battle with Democrats over funding priorities.