U.S. General to Review Iraq Policy -- NY Times
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A retired four-star U.S. general will  travel to Iraq next week at the behest of the Pentagon to  review the U.S. military's policy there, The New York Times  reported on Friday.
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The House will hold hearings next week on two key reports assessing political and military conditions in Iraq, jump-starting the debate over President Bush's strategy even before long-awaited testimony by Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, due the following week.
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AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq  - President George W. Bush flew to Iraq with his security chiefs on Monday to meet the U.S. commander for a final review of the war before a showdown in Congress over troop levels.
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The top U.S. commander in the Gulf  region sees the role of U.S. troops in Iraq possibly shifting  as early as next year to focus less on combat and more on  training Iraqi security forces, The Washington Post reported on  Tuesday.
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Cuts in U.S. troop levels in Iraq will not derail recent security gains, but the Iraqi government must move quicker to take advantage of the falls in violence, a senior U.S. general said on Sunday.
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The top US general in Iraq hints at troop reductions within six months, days ahead of his key report to Congress.
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The senior US general in Iraq expresses concern about the ability of Iraqi forces to cope with election security.
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BAGHDAD, March 8 -- Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said Thursday that he would examine "some months" from now whether to seek an extension of the administration's troop increase and that he had no plans "right now" to request additional forces.
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President Bush and his top national security advisers visited Iraq today, a week before Gen. David H. Petraeus is scheduled to deliver his assessment.
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The independent, bipartisan panel studying U.S. policy in Iraq has unanimously agreed to a report that will call for a gradual pullback of American combat troops in Iraq but stops short of setting a firm timetable for withdrawal, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
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The next three to four months will be vital to determine if violence in Iraq can be cut further and security maintained with fewer American troops, the number two U.S. military commander in Iraq said on Tuesday.
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The top U.S. military commander in  Iraq is considering adding hundreds of American advisers to  work directly with Iraqi troops in an attempt to deal with  increasing rates of desertion and disappointing performances on  the battlefield, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
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The Bush administration should expect tougher oversight of its war-on-terrorism strategy and perhaps some all-expense-paid tickets to Iraq to help train the corrupt police force there, the incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday.
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President Bush turned Saturday from Mideast peacemaking to the Iraq war, hearing from his top advisers in the theater as he looks toward a new assessment that will be closely watched for whether more American troops can start coming home.
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A bipartisan commission has reached a consensus on new U.S. policies for Iraq and will announce its recommendations next week, the group's co-chairman said Wednesday.
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US President George W Bush says he is evaluating the implications of a damning report on US policy in Iraq.
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A report on the US request to send British troops to an area near Baghdad is set to come before Cabinet.