Bureaucratic "error" delays U.S.-Iraqi handover
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A ceremony in which Iraq was to assume   operational command of its new armed forces from U.S.-led   troops was postponed on Saturday at the last minute amid   confusion, a U.S. military spokesman said, citing poor   planning.
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U.S. diplomats in Iraq, increasingly fearful over their personal safety after recent mortar attacks inside the Green Zone, are pointing to new delays and mistakes in the U.S. Embassy construction project in Baghdad as signs that their vulnerability could grow in the months ahead.
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WASHINGTON -- A State Department assessment of how the agency will direct almost $18 billion in unspent aid to rebuild Iraq is running about a month behind schedule, frustrating at least one key member of Congress already upset by the slow pace of reconstruction spending.
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The Pentagon yesterday delayed for six weeks the return home of about 4,000 U.S. soldiers in Iraq's volatile Anbar province -- the second extension of U.S. forces in the country  in two months -- as the insurgency and rising sectarian violence exert heavier demands on a stretched American ground...
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An agreement to expand a Nato mission for training Iraqi military officers has been delayed after France and Belgium voiced last-minute doubts.
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American and Iraqi officials joined Iraq&#39;s Middle Eastern neighbors on Tuesday to call for international support for Iraq&#39;s transition
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WASHINGTON -- The Army Corps of Engineers has been forced to resume control of a crucial power plant in Baghdad after poor maintenance by untrained Iraqi staff led to the "catastrophic failure" of key equipment in the plant, according to an inspection by the special inspector general of Iraq reconstruction.
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A plan to tighten U.S. borders by requiring passports or tamper-resistant identification cards from everyone entering the country by land from Mexico and Canada has been delayed.
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The handover of control of Iraqi armed forces from the US-led coalition to the defence ministry is postponed again.
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Faced with long delays in issuing passports, the government today postponed an impending requirement that most Americans returning to the United States by land or sea show a U.S. passport.
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The U.S. official said Monday that the United States made two major mistakes: not deploying enough troops and then not containing the violence immediately after the ouster of Saddam Hussein.
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The army admits an error caused delays in getting vital equipment to Afghanistan, arriving after a soldier died.
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Political opponents of the United States Government have questioned its ability to ensure that full elections are held in Iraq in January.
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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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A software problem delayed the process, which was supposed to start before midnight Eastern time on Wednesday.
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A bleak portrait of the political and security situation in Iraq released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office sparked sharp protests from the top U.S. military command in Baghdad, whose officials described it as flawed and "factually incorrect."
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Within the intelligence community and on Capitol Hill, officials say they believe the delay stems at least partly from continuing uncertainty over what real power and authority the new director will have.