Agencies Tangle on Efforts to Help Iraq
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As violence in Iraq crescendoed last year, President Bush summoned his secretaries of agriculture, commerce and energy to Camp David in June to meet with his national security team. During a two-hour afternoon discussion in the main lodge, the president urged the three secretaries to become more...
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The Bush administration signaled differences Tuesday with some of the recommendations of a commission exploring new approaches in Iraq but said there was support for many of the proposals as well.
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International donors to Iraq have agreed they need to speed up the allocation of promised funds to rebuild the country, but failed to erase concerns that violence is a huge obstacle as they wrapped up a two-day meeting.
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The Iraqis who signed up to help the Americans are losing faithâand often their lives. One family's story.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's political leaders have failed to reach agreement on nearly every law that the United States has demanded as a benchmark, despite heavy pressure from Congress, the White House, and top military commanders. With only three months until reports on progress are due in Washington, the deadlock has reached a point where many Iraqi and US officials now ...
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Confusing enough on its face, the situation in Iraq and the policies surrounding it may have been bent beyond recognition in the crossfire of accusations in the presidential campaign.
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The debate over the Iraq war has echoed within the ranks of the administration, even among those who support much of the president's agenda.
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Intimidation and death threats  against Iraqi workers hired for U.S.-funded projects in Iraq  are stalling reconstruction in many areas as contractors  struggle to attract laborers, said a senior U.S. official.
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The department is fighting to retain power in an administration that has largely sidelined the agency as a policymaking tool and often shut out its top experts from White House deliberations.
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U.S.-led troops battling to take  control of Falluja ran into pockets of fierce resistance on  Friday as aid agencies pressed for access to the Iraqi city to  take food and water to civilians trapped inside.
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The Bush administration is re-evaluating its efforts to unite Iraq's fractious sectarian and political factions in an attempt to preserve U.S. options in Iraq no matter what happens, officials familiar with an internal administration review of Iraq policy said Friday.
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Iraqi forces, whose performance is crucial to securing January elections, are riddled with problems, say local U.S. officials.
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After a broad overhaul was urged, officials often led by Vice President Cheney were pitted against officials in the State and Defense departments.
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Senior Iraqi officials here on Wednesday called on the international community to make more efforts on debt relief and helping speed up the country&#39;s reconstruction process in spite of its unstable security situation.
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The race is on to solve Iraq. Since President Bush ordered a rush review of Iraq plans Tuesday, top officials from the State Department, the Pentagon and the CIA have huddled behind closed doors with deputy national security adviser J.D. Crouch II to pull together ideas for the president to see when...
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Frustrated with Iraq's deadlocked central government, the Bush administration is pushing for more power to be given to Iraq's provincial councils, in the hope that local elected leaders will be more accountable to the people they serve.
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Frictions between US diplomats and military officials add to on-the-ground woes as surge begins.