U.S. to address differences over Iraq force levels
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Under pressure to withdraw troops from Iraq, the White House this week will try to iron out differences among top U.S. officials over how large a force the U.S. military can sustain into next year, a key Republican senator said on Sunday.
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Iraq's military is drawing up plans to cope with any quick U.S. military pullout as a senior American official warned that the Bush administration may reconsider its support if Iraqi leaders don't make major reforms by fall
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Pentagon planners were beginning meetings Friday to determine which units will be leaving Iraq in the next 10 months.
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Foreign minister to remind the US of its responsibility to help build Iraqi forces.
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At a key juncture in the Iraq war, the military chiefs conveyed to President Bush on Friday their concern about a growing strain on troops and their families from long and repeated combat tours.
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The U.S. military is weighing new directions for Iraq, including an even bigger troop buildup if President Bush thinks his "surge" strategy needs a further boost, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday.
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President Bush is weighing a short-term U.S. troop increase in Iraq, his spokesman said on Tuesday as he denied reports of a rift between the White House and resistant Pentagon chiefs.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates met Iraqi leaders for talks in Baghdad on Saturday to tell them Washington is disappointed with their efforts to reconcile Iraq's warring factions and to move ahead with renewed urgency.
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BAGHDAD -- While Washington is mired in political debate over the future of Iraq, the American command here has prepared a detailed plan that foresees a significant American role for the next two years.
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is split over the idea of a surge in troops to Iraq, with White House officials aggressively promoting the concept over the unanimous disagreement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to US officials familiar with the intense debate.
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A bipartisan commission on U.S. options in Iraq will recommend a gradual reduction of American forces in Iraq and a significant diplomatic shift that enlists U.S. adversaries to stabilize the increasingly chaotic country, officials familiar with the panel's deliberations said Thursday.
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The United States plans to increase its military force in Iraq by 12,000 soldiers and Marines, bringing combat strength to the highest level since the invasion in 2003.
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The Bush administration signaled differences Tuesday with some of the recommendations of a commission exploring new approaches in Iraq but said there was support for many of the proposals as well.
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A panel of retired senior military and police officers recommended Thursday the United States lighten its footprint in Iraq to counter its image of an "occupying force."
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Analysis: There's less difference than it may seem in how Republicans and Democrats want to manage Iraq
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WASHINGTON -- For the first time, the Bush administration is beginning publicly to discuss basing US troops in Iraq for years, even decades to come, a subject so fraught with political land mines that officials are tiptoeing around the inevitable questions about what the United States' long-term mission would be there.
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BAGHDAD - The United States announced plans on Wednesday to increase its forces in Iraq to their highest levels since last yearâs invasion, as the countryâs interim government engaged in a flurry of contacts to rally support for January 30 elections.