White House Balks War Power Limit
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The White House said Friday it would oppose any attempt by Senate Democrats to revoke the 2002 Congressional resolution authorizing the war in Iraq
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The White House took a step back Monday from President Bush's confident assertion two months ago that "absolutely, we're winning" the war in Iraq.
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The White House staunchly defended its Iraq policy Tuesday as new questions emerged about President Bush's prewar decisions and postwar planning: An impending weapons report undercut the administration's main rationale for the war, and the former head of the American occupation said the United States had too few troops in Iraq after the invasion.
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An influential UN-appointed panel challenged the Bush administration&#39;s right to use military force against an enemy that does not pose an imminent military threat.
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The White House staunchly defended its Iraq policy Tuesday as new questions emerged about President Bush's prewar decisions and postwar planning. An impending weapons report undercut the administration's main rationale for the war, and the former head of the American occupation said the United States had too few troops in Iraq after the invasion.
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Democrats' plans to limit President Bush's war authority, forcing a change of course in Iraq are faltering amid party divisions over how quickly and aggressively they should act
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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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President Bush this month is giving an obscure White House office new powers over regulations affecting health, worker safety and the environment. Calling it a power grab, Democrats running Congress are intent on stopping him.
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The White House played down a House of Representatives vote on Iraq that is expected to yield US lawmakers' first major repudiation of the increasingly unpopular war.
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The White House on Saturday played down a newspaper report that the Bush administration was weighing a scenario for possibly sharp cuts in U.S. troop levels in Iraq next year.
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President Bush has not been shy about asserting robust powers for the presidency in waging war, but lately he has seemed to concede that Congress has a role to play as well. Lawmakers, he has indicated, are within their rights to try to cap total deployments or limit where troops can go in Iraq.
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Division between President Bush and Congress over the Iraq war hardens.
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Top House Democrats retreated Monday from an attempt to limit President Bush's authority for taking military action against Iran as the leadership concentrated on a looming confrontation with the White House over the Iraq war.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Bush lacks the authority to invade Iran without specific approval from Congress, a fresh challenge to the commander in chief on the eve of a symbolic vote critical of his troop buildup in Iraq
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Two blunt statements cause a ripple in relations - but nothing a good White House meeting can't paper over
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The Bush administration is bumping up against the limits of military and political power to influence what happens next in Iraq, four years into an increasingly unpopular war that has not gone as planned.
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An independent assessment on the status of Iraq drew fierce pushback from the White House on Thursday and provided fresh ammunition for Democrats who want to bring troops home