U.S. Warns Iraq That Progress Is Needed Soon
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A top U.S. commander told Iraqâs premier to make political progress by next month to counter the growing tide of opposition to the war in Congress.
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President Bush, who faces mounting congressional pressure to end the war, called Saturday for patience as U.S. forces conduct stepped-up operations in Iraq.
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Surging violence in Iraq this month has  disrupted reconstruction work in parts of the country, but  plans are still on track for a tenfold increase in the number  of projects, a U.S. general said Sunday.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President George W. Bush, faced with growing calls to start withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, pleaded with Americans on Saturday for patience and cited progress in the past two months.
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It could be next spring before U.S. troops in Iraq can hand over areas gained in their latest offensive to Iraqi forces and start to draw down, a top American commander said on Friday.
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on Thursday he was not satisfied with political progress in Iraq but insisted the Iraqi government was making some advances.
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The Pentagon asks for an estimated time for the U.S. occupation in Iraq
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The White House said today that Iraq has made "satisfactory progress" toward meeting nine of 18 political, economic and security benchmarks and cited "encouraging signs" of conditions that would allow the United States to reduce its forces there.
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BAGHDAD - A senior Iraqi official cautioned yesterday against expecting "magical solutions" from the upcoming reports to Congress on military and political progress in Iraq and acknowledged the Iraqis are still not ready to defend the country on their own.
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A September progress report on the U.S. troop increase in Iraq that President George W. Bush called an important moment for his war strategy is unlikely to be a "pivotal" assessment, officials now say.
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U.S. President George W. Bush acknowledged on Thursday his Iraq strategy had made limited progress but said he would wait for a September security report before considering a change of course.
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The White House appealed Tuesday for more patience on the war in Iraq as Democrats warned that time was running out and a prominent Republican declared that President Bush's strategy was not working.
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The Iraqi government has made mixed progress in meeting political and security goals, a U.S. official said on Thursday, citing a report that may add to rising calls for a change of course in the unpopular war.
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Iraq's political leaders are showing promising new signs of progress toward reconciliation, yet still face difficult decisions on how to stabilize the country, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.
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Provincial reconstruction teams, the civilian centerpiece of the Bush administration's strategy in Iraq, are making "incremental" progress in some areas and very little in others, a government auditor told Congress yesterday.
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The U.S. commander in western Iraq said he agrees with the findings of a pessimistic classified report recently filed by his top intelligence officer but also insisted that "tremendous progress" is being made in that part of the country.
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A U.S. general warned Saturday that increased Sunni attacks in a province extremists call the center of their Islamic state in Iraq may delay plans to hand it over to Iraqi troops by the end of the year.