U.S. considers more troops for Iraq
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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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Defense officials are not ruling out the possibility that they will need more U.S. troops to secure January's elections in increasingly violent Iraq, but believe Iraqi and perhaps international troops may be able to do the job instead, a top general said Wednesday.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld indicated on Saturday that US commanders in Iraq may yet decide they need more US troops to ensure a viable national election in January.
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As President George W. Bush weighs options for changing course in Iraq, his administration is split over the concept of sending in more troops, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
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Before deciding on whether to increase or decrease troop levels, US officials debate how hard to push soldiers already in Iraq.
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The Cabinet is set to discuss plans to send soldiers from the Black Watch to support American forces near Baghdad, amid reports that more British troops could soon be on their way to Iraq.
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The extra troops that Iraq promised to send into Baghdad in a new U.S.-Iraqi military buildup are arriving on schedule but in inadequate numbers, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.
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The U.S. military's top general said Monday that the Joint Chiefs of Staff is weighing a range of possible new directions in Iraq, including, if President Bush deems it necessary, an even bigger troop buildup.
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Denying he has painted too rosy a picture about Iraq, President Bush said Thursday he would consider sending more troops if asked, but Iraq&#39;s interim leader firmly said they weren&#39;t needed.
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President Bush said on Tuesday he was considering a short-term U.S. troop increase in Iraq, but a spokesman denied reports of a rift with Pentagon chiefs said to oppose the idea.
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Britain is prepared to send more troops to Iraq if necessary to safeguard elections planned for next year, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said on Friday.
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US President George W Bush is likely to send more troops to Iraq next year, an administration official says.
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The ministerâs comments suggested a longer U.S. commitment in Iraq than had previously been indicated.
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The United States is likely to move more than 1,000 troops into Baghdad from elsewhere in Iraq, a U.S. defense official said on Wednesday.
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More US troops are on their way to Iraq ahead of elections set for the end of January. The additional forces are intended to bolster security at a time when the country&#39;s insurgency is threatening
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The Cabinet will discuss plans to send soldiers from the Black Watch to support American forces around Baghdad. Amid reports that more British troops could soon be on their way to Iraq, a forward reconnaissance
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BAGHDAD -- U.S. military officials here are increasingly envisioning a "post-occupation" troop presence in Iraq that neither maintains current levels nor leads to a complete pullout, but aims for a smaller, longer-term force that would remain in the country for years.