State Dept. To Order 250 to Iraq Posts
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Facing staff shortages in Iraq, the State Department announced Friday that diplomats would have no choice but to accept one-year postings in the hostile environment or face losing their jobs.
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An extra 2,200 military police are to head to Iraq to support the US security drive in the capital, the Pentagon says.
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The State Department is considering whether &#36;3.34 billion intended for public works projects in Iraq should be used instead to bolster security, a State Department official said Monday.
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The United States is likely to move more than 1,000 troops into Baghdad from elsewhere in Iraq, a U.S. defense official said on Wednesday.
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The United States will accelerate the resettlement of about 7,000 Iraqis referred by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and will contribute $18 million to the agency's appeal for Iraq, about one-third of the total, Undersecretary of State Paula J. Dobriansky said Wednesday.
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The United States is dispatching an additional 1,500 troops to Iraq and extending the stays of more than 10,000 others to bolster security ahead of January&#39;s scheduled elections.
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The United States will shift more than $US3 billion in aid to Iraq from reconstruction programs to strengthening security, US officials have said.
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THE DEAL: Responding to a U.S. request, Britain agrees to send 850 troops in south Iraq to an area near Baghdad so U.S. soldiers can step up attacks on rebel strongholds west of the capital.
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U.S. military and civilian officials  have identified 20 to 30 towns and cities in Iraq that must be  pacified before nationwide elections can be held in January,  The New York Times reported Friday.
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The US Army said it is considering calling up about 5,600 honorably discharged reservists in 2005 to perform specialized duties in Iraq, the second such move since June.
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Frustrated by the pace of rebuilding  in Iraq, the State Department announced on Tuesday it would  switch $3.4 billion in U.S. funds from water and power projects  to boost security, oil output and jobs for Iraqis.
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Diplomatic posts at the State Department and U.S. embassies worldwide will be cut by 10 percent next year because of heavy staffing demands in Iraq and Afghanistan, Director General Harry Thomas informed the foreign service yesterday.
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"Currently there are some 445,000 individuals on the payrolls of Iraq's Interior and Defense ministries. Based on recent decisions by Prime Minister Maliki, the number of Iraq security forces will grow further by the end of this year, possibly by as much as 40,000."
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The Pentagon plans to boost troop levels in Iraq to about 150,000 for the elections scheduled for late January, a Defense Department official said today.
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Some 250 British soldiers will be withdrawn from Iraq over the next four weeks as part of a plan to reduce troop levels by 500 to 5,000, the defence ministry said Saturday.
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LONDON -- Britain has agreed to a US request to redeploy British troops from southern Iraq to an area closer to Baghdad. The british defence secretary made the announcement in the House of Commons.
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The Bush administration hopes to resettle about 7,000 Iraqi refugees to the United States this year, the State Department said Wednesday. "We have a responsibility to respond to the immediate needs of Iraqis who have fled violence and persecution," said U.S. Undersecretary Paula Dobriansky. The U.N. high commissioner for refugees estimates up to 2 million Iraqis have fled since the war began.