Baker group meets on new course in Iraq
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A special bipartisan panel held a second day of intensive meetings on Tuesday seeking a consensus on recommendations for President Bush on how to change course in Iraq.
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An idea to redraw the map to give religious and ethnic groups more autonomy is gaining traction in Iraq and the US.
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The Bush administration is re-evaluating its efforts to unite Iraq's fractious sectarian and political factions in an attempt to preserve U.S. options in Iraq no matter what happens, officials familiar with an internal administration review of Iraq policy said Friday.
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America's new top general in Iraq said Thursday that force alone cannot halt the violence and the U.S. must talk to insurgent groups &#151; an old idea that's been tried before but has in the past faltered in the complex web of Iraqi politics.
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Iraqâs Ministry of Interior is proposing a reshaping of how American diplomats in Iraq are protected. The U.S. Embassy said today that some Blackwater convoys had resumed.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's neighbors, including Iran and Syria, have agreed to join US and British representatives to discuss the Iraqi security crisis at a regional conference Saturday in Baghdad, the government said yesterday.
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Iraq's neighbors including Iran and Syria have agreed to join U.S. and British representatives to discuss the Iraqi security crisis at a regional conference March 10 in Baghdad, the government said Wednesday.
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The US, Iran, and Iraq agreed Tuesday to form a subcommittee on stability in Iraq.
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Second round of talks about Iraq security to follow up on landmark meeting held in May, US officials say.
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The meeting is a possible sign that the United States is exploring new options in Iraq.
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has dispatched a team to Iraq to meet with Gen. David H. Petraeus and other senior commanders to "delve deeper" into the accountability of private security contactors, a Pentagon spokesman said today.
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The aim is to accelerate deployment of Iraqi forces against the insurgents.
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President Bush, under pressure to find a new blueprint for Iraq, meets Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Wednesday in a high-stakes summit designed to find out how they can jointly chart a stable, peaceful future for the fragile government.
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U.S. and Iraqi officials began work on Wednesday on setting up a security panel with Iran to try to end Iraq's bloodshed, and Tehran said it was open to higher-level talks with Washington.
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The United States and their adversaries in Iran and Syria may for the first time since the Iraq war began meet face to face at a conference next month to discuss the situation in Iraq.
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WASHINGTON -- When President Bush appointed a close family friend, former secretary of state James A. Baker III, as a special envoy to help reduce Iraq's foreign debt, Baker's monumental task was clear: to persuade the governments of the world, including Kuwait, to forgive billions that Iraq owes them.
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Analysis: The Iraq Study Group didn't just provide a blueprint for withdrawal from Iraq; it called for an overhaul of Bush's foreign and defense policies