How the Iraq Debate Could Help Afghanistan
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As calls to withdraw from Iraq grow louder, the first front in the war on terror may get some much-needed attention
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Both Iraqi unity and global engagement may get a boost.
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Vice President Dick Cheney said Thursday night that a too-soon withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq could send victorious militants spreading out, with some flocking to Afghanistan to fight alongside a regrouping Taliban. He demanded that the Democratic-controlled Congress support President Bush's military buildup "on time and in full."
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A debate is set to begin in the US House of Representatives on President Bush's decision to send extra troops to Iraq.
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President George W. Bush and Republicans have taken a battering over Iraq, but it's not because voters believe Democrats have a clear strategy for ending the conflict and bringing American soldiers home.
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The United States and Britain, the nations with the most troops fighting in Afghanistan, made a renewed push Thursday to portray the war as winnable and worthy of international support despite a so-far-unsuccessful struggle to get more allies to commit frontline forces.
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Afghanistan gave a welcome on Thursday to U.S. plans to send an extra 3,000 troops to fight the Taliban insurgency, but Washington's move highlights divisions between Western allies over how much to commit to the country.
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The Army, strained by unrelenting violence in Iraq and operations in Afghanistan and elsewhere, is considering ways it can speed up the creation of two combat brigades while shifting personnel and equipment from other military units.
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The first presidential debate and its focus on foreign policy and security gives both President George W Bush and Senator John Kerry opportunities to dig into each other&#39;s record and patch their own weaknesses on Iraq.
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Escalating bloodshed and political  tension in Iraq will shadow President Bush at a NATO summit  this week where he hopes to persuade Europeans to do more to  quell violence in Afghanistan.
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The US Senate resumes debate on the Iraq war, as it considers legislation that could lead to a troop withdrawal.
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House debate over the Iraq war did more than pit Democrat against Republican. It pitted ghosts of the past against each other.
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The Bush administration,  facing mounting violence in Iraq and demands for upgraded equipment, is assembling a funding package for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan that could surge beyond earlier estimates to as much as &#36;75 billion to &#36;100 billion, congressional sources and experts said on Thursday.
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The Bush administration will  announce as early as Tuesday that it will seek about $80  billion in new funding for military operations this year in  Iraq and Afghanistan, pushing the total for both conflicts to  almost $300 billion so far.
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DENVER - In a last-minute flurry of accusations before their final debate, John Kerry tried to tie President Bush to record oil prices while the president charged that his Democratic opponent has totally misunderstood the war on terror.    On the way to the debate that will range over domestic issues from the economy to health care, Bush is reaching out to military supporters in Colorado Springs, where the war in Iraq is the chief concern...
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Congress debates a nonbinding measure expressing "disapproval" of the war. But the Democrats are seeking more ways to curtail the President's latitude in Iraq
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(SH) - Maybe things aren&#39;t going so well in Iraq, but we must be doing something right in Afghanistan, which so often seems a sideshow in the war on terror.