Bremer Criticizes Lack of Troops in Iraq
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The U.S. official said Monday that the United States made two major mistakes: not deploying enough troops and then not containing the violence immediately after the ouster of Saddam Hussein.
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President Bush took his critics to task Saturday for using the poor marks the Iraqi government received on a progress report this week as reason to argue that the war is lost.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry praised the former US administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, for admitting US errors in Iraq and urged President George W. Bush to &quot;acknowledge the truth&quot;
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Most Iraqis think the recent US troop surge has failed, a new BBC/ABC opinion poll across Iraq suggests.
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Critical to the war effort in Iraq, the National Guard and Army Reserve are drawing fewer enlistees. Will the troop shortage worsen?
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The decisions by U.S.-led forces in  Iraq to disband Saddam Hussein's army and bar senior Baathists  from government jobs after "we liberated Iraq" were the "right  decisions," Paul Bremer, former U.S. administrator in Iraq,  wrote in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.
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The defense secretary, speaking in Kuwait to troops deploying into Iraq, heard complaints about poor combat equipment, personnel policies and other issues that reflect the strains the war in the Middle East is placing on the U.S. military.
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By July, the number of U.S. troops in Iraq should be down to about 130,000, according to the U.S. commander in Baghdad, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus -- about the same number as before President Bush sent additional combat forces there last spring.
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The United States invaded Iraq  without a formal plan for occupying and stabilizing the country  and this continues to undercut the military effort there, the  Washington Post on Saturday quoted a U.S. Army historian as  saying.
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The last time L. Paul Bremer testified before Congress, he was lauded as an American hero. Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.) congratulated Bremer, who was leading the U.S. occupation authority in Iraq, for a "tremendous success." Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) commended his "energy and focus." Sen....
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The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, said on Monday that U.S. troop levels in the country would decline further after a drawdown next summer but it was too soon to say how quickly.
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Deteriorating conditions in Iraq are a consequence of &quot;the arrogance and incompetency of the civilian leadership at the Pentagon,&quot; Sen. Chuck Hagel said Monday.
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(CBS/AP) A statement by the former top US civilian official in Iraq that the United States did not have enough troops on the ground following Saddam Hussein&#39;s ouster is throwing new fuel onto the presidential campaign debate over the Bush administration&#39;s
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Bush has no plans to add troops in Iraq, but questions persist about whether the US force has been big enough.
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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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Gen. George W. Casey Jr. said that Baghdad could be stabilized with far fewer additional troops than President Bush is sending.
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WASHINGTON - The United States did not have enough troops in Iraq after ousting Saddam Hussein and "paid a big price" for it, says the former head of the U.S. occupation there...