As Iraq Bleeds, the U.S. Policy Cupboard Remains Bare
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Analysis: Despite the hype, the Baker group's recommendations may be too little and too late to turn Iraq around
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The situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating. There is no path that can guarantee success, but the prospects can be improved.
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Iraq looms as the first major problem for whoever wins the November 2 US presidential election, with the US-led international coalition appearing increasingly shaky.
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On the eve of President Bush&#39;s address to the United Nations, domestic and foreign critics of his Iraq war policy focused on a radically different international agenda on Monday.
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As Iraqis prepare for a democratic vote, the U.S. is still struggling to prevent insurgents from destroying it
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Analysis: Just as the U.S. missile-defense system has yet to prove itself effective, so too have Washington's policies for dealing with the reclusive regime
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Democrats relentlessly assailed President Bush's policy in Iraq as a catastrophic failure Tuesday as the House plunged into momentous debate on a war that has lost public support and cost more than 3,100 U.S. troops their lives. "No more blank checks," declared Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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Despite optimism on the U.S. campaign trail, the choices in Baghdad are looking grim
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The dream of a free Iraq is alive, but 22 months into the U.S.-led fight for their native country, Iraqi Americans speak of how complicated and painful the equation has become.
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When Senate Democrats move next month to narrow President Bush's authority to wage war in Iraq, at least one of their own won't be there to help. The same goes for trying to pass a spending bill for the war or a budget for the government.
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Iraq has become the central issue in America&#39;s presidential campaign, but neither candidate has a solution for a conflict that has cost more than 1,100 American lives.
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The military strategy is mostly working, but Iraq must salvage its deteriorating political situation for the effort to succeed
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Military statistics show that U.S. forces have made some headway at protecting the Iraqi population, but there are questions over whether the gains can be sustained.
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The weak Iraqi government, riven by factions, is still crucial to most visions for stabilizing the nation.
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US president ignores demands for a new Iraq strategy that would bring US troops home.
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Iraq's fragmented leadership is struggling to meet the major benchmarks that it has pledged to the United States to achieve soon, with political wrangling and a chaotic legislature standing in the way.
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Bush has no plans to add troops in Iraq, but questions persist about whether the US force has been big enough.