Bush approves 4,400 more troops for Iraq
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President George W. Bush has approved adding 4,400 more U.S. troops to a force buildup already ordered to try to bring security to Iraq, the White House said on Saturday.
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Amid growing concerns about the stability of Iraq, the Pentagon yesterday announced that it will boost the number of troops there to the highest
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US military commanders Wednesday announced that they would increase the number of troops in Iraq to 150,000 - the highest level since the March 2003 American-led invasion
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President Bush on Tuesday asked for more than &#36;80 billion in new funding for military operations this year in Iraq and Afghanistan, shattering initial cost estimates and pushing the total for both conflicts to nearly &#36;300 billion so far.
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About 400 extra UK troops will be sent to Iraq ahead of the elections, announces the defence secretary.
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In a new sign of mounting strain from the war in Iraq, the Army has extended the combat tours of about 4,000 soldiers who would otherwise be returning home, defense officials said Monday.
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THE US military is raising troop levels in Iraq to nearly 142,000 ahead of January elections, delaying the return home of a seasoned combat brigade and keeping in place another division&#39;s headquarters staff.
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The U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, has told President George W. Bush he wants to maintain heightened troop levels in Iraq well into next year but could accept the pullback of about 4,000 troops beginning in January, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
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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 Defense Department will increase the number of troops in Iraq by 12,000, Joint Staff officials said at a Pentagon news conference today.
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President Bush strongly backed Iraq's prime minister on Thursday, saying Iraqi forces would be trained more quickly to take over security and Washington was not seeking a "graceful exit" for U.S. troops.
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President Bush on Tuesday asked for  more than $80 billion in new funding for military operations  this year in Iraq and Afghanistan, shattering initial cost  estimates and pushing the total for both conflicts to nearly  $300 billion so far.
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President Bush has decided to bring home tens of thousands of U.S. troops from posts around the world &#151; most of them in Europe and Asia &#151; plus 100,000 of their family members and support personnel, U.S. officials said Saturday.
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President Bush faces widespread opposition to the troop buildup in Iraq, though he has gained support over the past month, an AP-Ipsos poll found. The president has nudged support for the troop increase to 35 percent from 26 percent in early January. Sixty-three percent of those surveyed still oppose the increase.
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Four months after announcing troop cuts in Iraq, President Bush is now sending signals that the reductions may not continue past this summer.
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The outgoing top U.S. general in Iraq diplomatically aired his differences with the commander in chief on Thursday, telling lawmakers that President Bush has ordered thousands more troops into Iraq than needed to tamp down violence in Baghdad.
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A year after he ordered a large increase in American troops in Iraq, President Bush said that he was prepared to slow or even halt further reductions of forces there.