Dobbs: Our leaders are ducking reality on Iraq
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The bipartisan Iraq Study Group, led by former Secretary of State James Baker, a Republican, and former 9/11 Commission Co-Chair, Lee Hamilton, a Democrat, has been at work for eight months to develop an assessment of the war in Iraq and new policy recommendations.
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We&#39;re used to hearing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld answer questions about things that went wrong in Iraq by saying they went right.
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News that al-Qaeda used Iraq as a base, says Robert Baer, is just another sign that the Administration is up to its old tricks
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Lies from the White House. Incompetence in treating wounded veterans. Irrelevance in Congress. Can't anybody do anything right? It's days like these that turn Americans sour on government, stoking a desire for leaders who actually lead.
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The Bush administration is   concealing the level of violence against U.S. troops in Iraq   and the situation there is growing worse despite White House   and Pentagon claims of progress, journalist Bob Woodward said   in advance of a new book.
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This is supposed to be a make-or-break week in the conduct of the Iraq War. But politically, it's looking a lot like 2006 all over again.
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With Congress failing to even debate an Iraq war resolution, Joe Klein suggests the people raising unrealistic expectations for the surge are the ones really undermining the mission
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&quot;the crisis is now,&quot; President Bush said recently -- is the domestic version of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? Could it be that I am hearing the same sense of false urgency?
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An independent assessment on the status of Iraq drew fierce pushback from the White House on Thursday and provided fresh ammunition for Democrats who want to bring troops home
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General David Petraeus believes his Iraq strategy is slowly making progress. But as Joe Klein reports from Baghdad, convincing a skeptical congress is another story
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The debate over the Iraq war has echoed within the ranks of the administration, even among those who support much of the president's agenda.
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The Bush administration has  overstated U.S.-funded job figures in Iraq due to what the  government said was an accounting error, but critics say may be  a bid to paint a rosier picture on the ground.
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Some in Iraq question how and why war is being waged.
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President Bush is living in a make-believe world in his understanding of Iraq, misleading the American people and attacking Democrats on phony issues, presidential rival John Kerry said Wednesday in an interview with The Associated Press.
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Everywhere they look, uncertainty looms - from the Iraq war to the choice of president to the nation&#39;s slow-motion recovery. The cautious outlook has led to cautious action, which could be seen in the fairly
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The President tries to rally the country with good news on Iraq, but some Republicans question why he took the risk
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Our position is: Thorough debate of US policies in Iraq is needed between now and Election Day. After months of battling over a war that ended 30 years ago, the presidential candidates have finally begun to