Bush cites Iraq progress, says troop cuts possible
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he saw signs of progress in Iraq on both the military and political fronts and again held out the possibility of a reduction in U.S. troop levels.
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BUSH: Well, first of all, the &#151; we are making good progress in training the Iraqi troops. There will be 125,000 of them trained by election time.
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President Bush pointedly acknowledged Monday that U.S.-trained Iraqi troops are not ready to take over their country's security, and cautioned that next month's elections there are only the beginning of a long process toward democracy.
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The US president is to announce troop reductions in Iraq in a speech later this week, the White House says.
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq told Congress today that the military objectives of the Bush administration's troop increase strategy in Iraq "are in large measure being met," and he forecast a reduction of U.S. forces "to pre-surge levels" without jeopardizing gains in the months ahead.
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President Bush said on Thursday that US troop concerns about inadequate equipment for Iraq combat are being addressed and he did not blame soldiers for raising the issue with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on Thursday he would wait until after he receives a full Iraq progress report in September before making any decisions on the course of U.S. strategy in the war.
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President Bush is expected to speak about his desire for Iraq troops reductions, but offer no change in strategy yet.
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US President George W Bush thanked troops stationed at southern California&#39;s Camp Pendleton on Tuesday, saying he was proud of their service and it would help Iraqis bring about democracy as they moved closer to elections on January 30.
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The White House said today that Iraq has made "satisfactory progress" toward meeting nine of 18 political, economic and security benchmarks and cited "encouraging signs" of conditions that would allow the United States to reduce its forces there.
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President Bush said on Wednesday  that he saw no need right now to bolster U.S. troop levels in  Iraq and that the U.S.-led offensive in Falluja was going well.
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President George W. Bush on Thursday ordered gradual troop reductions in Iraq but defied calls for a dramatic change of course, telling war-weary Americans the U.S. military role there will stretch beyond his presidency.
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President Bush pledged on Saturday to seek bipartisan consensus on the way forward in Iraq, as he awaited a panel's recommendations on how to shift course in the unpopular war.
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The top U.S. general and diplomat in Iraq are expected on Monday to argue against any major decrease in U.S. troop levels for now because this could undercut any progress made under the "surge" of forces into Iraq this year, a U.S. official said on Sunday.
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AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq  - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Monday his top officials in Iraq had told him the present level of security could be maintained with fewer forces if what he called current successes continued.
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President George W. Bush on Thursday is expected to endorse plans for limited cuts in U.S. troop levels in Iraq but will offer little else to skeptical Americans looking for a change of course in the unpopular war.
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A September progress report on the U.S. troop increase in Iraq that President George W. Bush called an important moment for his war strategy is unlikely to be a "pivotal" assessment, officials now say.