Beckett backs Iraq policy review
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett says it is time to reassess whether there should be a shift in policy in Iraq.
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Defense secretary endorses the idea of pausing the drawdown of U.S. forces from Iraq this summer.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair praises embattled election officials as heroes of the new Iraq, as he visits Baghdad
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett is criticised for not explaining the government's Europe policy to MPs.
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The president endorses the recommendation of the US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, for a phased withdrawal of 30,000 troops.
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Iraq's government on Tuesday welcomed long-awaited testimony to Congress by the U.S. commander in Iraq and said it would have less need for foreign forces to carry out combat operations in the "near future".
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British media roundly welcomed the Iraq Study Group's report on US policy in Iraq, with one newspaper declaring it a &quot;whiff of realism&quot;.
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The Pentagon confirms that retired US Army Gen Gary Luck has been asked to review operations in Iraq.
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Geoff Hoon is to make a Commons statement on proposals to put some troops under US command in Iraq.
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Former secretary of state James A. Baker III said for the first time yesterday that the Iraq Study Group remains  committed to democracy in Iraq, as he and Co-Chairman Lee H. Hamilton offered conciliatory words to a Bush administration that has reacted coolly to the panel's key recommendations.
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Private U.S. security contractor Blackwater said on Wednesday it supported recommendations presented in a report of the Secretary of State's Panel on Personal Protective Services in Iraq.
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A US review of policy on Iraq will recommend a troop pullback and a new diplomatic offensive, reports say.
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British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon, who visited troops in Iraq today, said he saw no reason to delay next month&#39;s election as preparations are on track.
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Approval of President George W. Bush's handling of the Iraq war has risen, according to a poll released on Wednesday on the eve of a speech by Bush in which he is expected to endorse a plan for a gradual troop withdrawal.
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Ex-foreign secretary Margaret Beckett is to chair Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  firmly supports the European Union's emerging common foreign  policy and Washington will welcome further EU integration, the  Financial Times quoted her as saying on Friday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair won the backing of his Labour Party on Thursday to keep British troops in Iraq, avoiding a humiliating defeat that would have undermined his premiership.