Cabinet holds talks on troops plan
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The Cabinet is to discuss plans to send soldiers from the Black Watch to support American forces around Baghdad, amid reports that more British troops could soon be on their way to Iraq.
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British opposition politicians are demanding the government clarify plans for the nation&#39;s troops in Iraq, Sky News reported Saturday.
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The Army and Marine Corps are planning to ask incoming Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Congress to approve permanent increases in personnel, as senior officials in both services assert that the nation's global military strategy has outstripped their resources.
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A report on the US request to send British troops to an area near Baghdad is set to come before Cabinet.
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The UK's defence secretary is to address parliament on proposals to put some troops under US command in Iraq.
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is considering plans to send an extra 3,000 marines to Afghanistan.
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Defense Minister Geoff Hoon will make a statement to the House of Commons on Monday about British troop deployments in Iraq, amid reports that Britain is considering sending some 600 soldiers to bolster US operations near Baghdad.
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Members of an independent commission on Iraq policy could not reach a consensus Tuesday on how many or how long U.S. troops should remain in Iraq, forcing the group to return for a third day of debate, according to an official close to the panel's negotiations.
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Israel's security cabinet met on Wednesday to consider stepping up military assaults in Gaza to counter a wave of Palestinian rocket attacks that have killed two Israelis in the past week.
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Nato chiefs are to meet again to decide who will supply extra troops and equipment for Afghanistan.
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President Bush is weighing a short-term U.S. troop increase in Iraq, a spokesman said on Tuesday as he denied reports of a rift between the White House and resistant Pentagon chiefs.
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is split over the idea of a surge in troops to Iraq, with White House officials aggressively promoting the concept over the unanimous disagreement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to US officials familiar with the intense debate.
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Nato chiefs are to hold further meetings to decide who will supply extra troops and equipment for Afghanistan.
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The Cabinet will discuss plans to send soldiers from the Black Watch to support American forces around Baghdad. Amid reports that more British troops could soon be on their way to Iraq, a forward reconnaissance
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Allied defence ministers with troops on the frontline in southern Afghanistan held talks Friday on how to fill gaps in forces and hammer out a strategy for the next half a decade.
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The Bush administration is split over the idea of a surge in troops to Iraq, with White House officials aggressively promoting the concept over the unanimous disagreement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to U.S. officials familiar with the intense debate.
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A US Senate panel is set to discuss the nomination of Robert Gates as the country's new defence secretary.