Bush to consider Rumsfeld options on Iraq
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President George W. Bush is considering a "laundry list" of options for Iraq policy changes suggested by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld before resigning last month, a senior White House official said on Sunday.
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President Bush and British Prime  Minister Tony Blair on Thursday were due to discuss Iraq, a day  after its prime minister said Iraqi forces could take over  security by the end of 2007.
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Kuwait City -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld expressed hope Monday, but did not explicitly predict, that American troops would be out of Iraq by the end of President Bush&#39;s second term.
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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 is open to options on the details and size of a package to boost the troubled U.S. economy, the White House said on Tuesday as Bush prepared to meet with lawmakers.
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President George W. Bush and close ally British Prime Minister Tony Blair will consider the future course in Iraq a day after a report said the current U.S. military and diplomatic strategy was not working.
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BOGOR, Indonesia, Nov. 20 -- President Bush said Monday that he had made no decisions about altering the number of U.S. troops in Iraq, noting that there are "a lot of suggestions" still being evaluated.
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Denying he has painted too rosy a picture of Iraq, President Bush said Thursday he would consider sending more troops if asked, but Iraq's interim leader firmly said they weren't needed. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld suggested parts of Iraq might have to be excluded from elections in January.
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The Bush Administration faces a political decision over whether to renew the contract of the security firm protecting U.S. officials in Iraq
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White House national security adviser Stephen Hadley said Sunday that President Bush realizes "we need to make some changes" in the Iraq war policy. He was reacting to questions about a Rumsfeld memo that offered a variety of options for the future of the nearly 4-year-old war.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was set to meet defense chiefs from about 18 nations aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Gulf Saturday as the United States looks to improve the security situation in Iraq with January elections looming.
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President Bush said Saturday he wants to hear all advice before making decisions about changes in Iraq strategy, even as it was disclosed that Donald H. Rumsfeld called for major changes in tactics two days before he resigned as defense secretary.
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President George W. Bush is expected to endorse plans on Thursday 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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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said Sunday that the United States could begin to withdraw some troops from Iraq beginning early next year, if newly trained Iraqi security forces can shoulder more of the burden.
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The U.S. military's top general said Monday that the Joint Chiefs of Staff is weighing a range of possible new directions in Iraq, including, if President Bush deems it necessary, an even bigger troop buildup.
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President Bush discussed the upcoming Iraqi national elections on Tuesday with interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, the latest in a series of consultations with Iraqi leaders ahead of Sunday's polling.
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The U.S. military is weighing new directions for Iraq, including an even bigger troop buildup if President Bush thinks his "surge" strategy needs a further boost, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday.