Top Bush aide raises doubts about Maliki: NY Times
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U.S. President George W. Bush's national security adviser has raised serious doubts about Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's ability to control sectarian violence, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
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A debate is intensifying inside the White House over whether President George W. Bush should try to prevent more Republican defections by announcing intentions for a gradual withdrawal of troops from high-casualty Iraqi areas, the New York Times said on 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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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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CRAWFORD, Texas  - Many of President Bush's  assertions about progress in Iraq -- from police training and  reconstruction to preparations for January elections -- are in  dispute, according to internal Pentagon documents, lawmakers  and key congressional aides on Sunday.
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Already scrambling to make up ground lost after last week's debate, US President George W. Bush's campaign was forced further on the defensive by reports that the White House knew before invading Iraq that key intelligence on the country's alleged nuclear weapons program was questionable.
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President Bush retains confidence in Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki despite the failure of the Shiite politician's signature effort to improve security in Iraq's bloody capital, the White House said as Bush prepared to host the new leader.
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Already scrambling to make up ground lost after last week's debate, US President George W. Bush's campaign was forced further on the defensive by a report that the White House knew before invading Iraq that key intelligence on the country's alleged nuclear weapons program was questionable.
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AL ASAD AIR Base, Iraq, Sept. 3 -- President Bush's visit to Iraq Monday was shrouded in secrecy from the start. Conceived by a small gaggle of senior Bush aides about six weeks ago, the trip was a tightly held secret at the White House, said Dana Perino, a deputy press secretary.
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A crisis meeting between President Bush and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan was postponed for a day following a report suggesting Washington lacked confidence in the Iraqi leader.
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Iraq was scrambling to confirm on  Monday whether the most wanted Saddam Hussein aide still on the  run had been captured, after a day of government confusion with  top officials making contradictory statements.
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President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki postponed for a day their crisis talks on Iraq, but officials played down any link between the schedule change and a memo suggesting tensions between the two leaders.
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Seeking to shore up the U.S. military commitment in Iraq, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki must charm an increasingly skeptical Congress that is wary of his criticism of Israel and concerned about rising violence in Baghdad.
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Bush administration officials, in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, gave a one-sided view of the case for believing Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arms program that ignored the doubts of their own experts, the New York Times said on Saturday.
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The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq   issued an unusual statement declaring support for Prime   Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday, after news media quoted   senior U.S. military officials criticizing the government.
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President George W. Bush, under pressure to change strategy in Iraq, meets Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday after making clear he does not support calls for U.S. talks with Iran or withdrawing American troops.
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President Bush is weighing a short-term U.S. troop increase in Iraq, a spokesman said on Tuesday as he denied reports of a rift between the White House and resistant Pentagon chiefs.