Bush Ally: Iraq War Not Working
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Sen. Richard Lugar, a reliable vote for President Bush on the war, said that Bush's Iraq strategy was not working and that the U.S. should downsize the military's role
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President Bush took his critics to task Saturday for using the poor marks the Iraqi government received on a progress report this week as reason to argue that the war is lost.
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President Bush meets today with Tony Blair, his most important ally in the Iraq war, a day after the president received recommendations from the Iraq Study Group that included the withdrawal of most U.S. combat troops by early 2008. Bush's chief spokesman, meanwhile, told CNN the president may be able to "announce a new way forward" in Iraq by the end of the year.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry clashed yesterday about whether conditions are improving in Iraq as the president continued to question his opponent&#39;s ability to lead.
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Sen. Richard Lugar, a senior Republican and a reliable vote for President Bush on the war, said Monday that Bush's Iraq strategy was not working and that the U.S. should downsize the military's role.
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President George W. Bush called on Democrats and Republicans on Saturday to work together on a new strategy for the war in Iraq after a high-level group said the administration's current approach was not working.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush took his critics to task yesterday for using the poor marks the Iraqi government received on a progress report this week as reason to argue that the war is lost.
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TIPTON, Iowa  - Democratic White House challenger  John Kerry accused President Bush and Vice President Dick  Cheney of mismanaging the war in Iraq after a former top aide  said the U.S. paid the price for not deploying enough troops  after last year's invasion.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio  - President George W. Bush, facing crumbling Republican support for the Iraq war, demanded on Tuesday that the U.S. Congress allow his troop buildup more time to work.
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President George W. Bush's Iraq war policy continued to hemorrhage support in the U.S. Senate as another senior Republican called on Thursday for a new strategy that would start to bring troops home.
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President Bush told an Iraqi power broker on Monday that the United States was not satisfied with the progress of efforts to stop the sharp escalation of violence in Iraq.
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The partyâs leading presidential contenders condemned President Bushâs handling of the war in Iraq today but sharply differed over how to end it.
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Announcer: &quot;American soldiers are fighting in Iraq. Families struggle to afford health care. Jobs heading overseas. Instead of solutions, George Bush&#39;s campaign supports a front group attacking John Kerry&#39;s military record.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has admitted it can be hard to be the strongest ally of US President George W. Bush, with whom he went to war in Iraq, as well as being a player in Europe.
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President Bush retains confidence in Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki despite the failure of the Shiite politician's signature effort to improve security in Iraq's bloody capital, the White House said as Bush prepared to host the new leader.
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"In order to succeed in Iraq, there must be diplomatic and political initiatives. There has been no sustained and effective effort to engage Iraq's neighbors diplomatically, and there has been no sustained and effective effort to engage Iraqi factions politically. . . . President Bush's escalation...
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"The main factor that will affect my decision on troop levels is, can we succeed? What does it take to succeed?"  Fresh from an Iraq drop-in, President Bush brought conviction that his troop buildup strategy is working to one of his few remaining staunch war allies, Australian Prime Minister John Howard.Bush was spending much of Wednesday with Howard, including meetings, lunch, a joint news conference and dinner, ahead of a 21-nation Asia-Pacific summit later in the week. Bush was also to meet with Australian troops.His visit was expected to be accompanied by a series of protests by groups unhappy with the summit's pro-business agenda, the Iraq war and the Howard government's support for it. But demonstrations were light on Tuesday _ before Bush's nighttime arrival in this heavily fortified city. Read more