Planning error delays U.S.-Iraq military handover
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A much-anticipated ceremony to transfer   operational command from U.S-led forces to Iraq's new army was   postponed on Saturday at the last minute amid confusion, a U.S.   military spokesman said, citing poor planning.
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The U.S. occupation authority in Iraq was unable to keep track of nearly &#36;9 billion it transferred to government ministries, which lacked financial controls, security, communications and adequate staff, an inspector general has found.
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The latest Pentagon report on Iraq says the situation is continuing to improve but the handover is lagging.
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It will be 12 to 18 months before the Iraqi Army can start taking over from U.S. forces, an independent commission said.
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President George W. Bush is likely to delay the unveiling of a new strategy for Iraq until early 2007, instead of late this year as originally planned, a White House official said on Tuesday.
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President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki both told an anxious world Thursday that they want to speed the handover of security responsibility to Iraqi forces as a way to calm the country. But neither gave a clue as to how they might accomplish that difficult task.
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Security deterioration forces rethink in election date, US President hopes date would not be changed. By Rouba Kabarra - BAGHDAD. Iraq&#39;s electoral commission said it would examine Saturday a request by 10
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In April 2003, as the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was ending, the Pentagon projected in a formal planning effort that the U.S. military occupation of the country would end this month.
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Violent protests staged against the U.S. military presence in South Korea are likely to delay a major realignment of U.S. bases in the country, including the closure of a base in Seoul, the defense ministry said on Wednesday.
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South Korea has delayed a decision on when to pull its 1,200 troops out of Iraq, the Defense Ministry said Thursday, raising the possibility that it could extend the unpopular mission for another year.
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KADENA AIR BASE, Japan  - The arrival of 12 U.S. F-22 fighter planes at a U.S. air base on Japan's southern island of Okinawa was delayed on Sunday without word on a new date for their first deployment outside the United States.
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U.S. commanders say they've learned from past mistakes and are trying to lay the foundation for stability as they clear insurgents from this battleground city. But it's a slow process at a time when Congress and the U.S. public are demanding speedy results.
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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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Iraq's security forces will not be able to take over from US troops within the next 18 months, a new report finds.
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The United Nations has failed to fully staff its operation in Iraq, imperiling the timing and quality of the country's elections, U.S. officials and election experts said.
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The United States is revising its  $18.4 billion Iraq rebuilding plan and in a major policy shift  will hand over some contracting power to Iraqi ministries for  U.S.-funded work, said U.S. officials on Tuesday.
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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.