Rice Sees Iraq Training Progress but Offers No Schedule for Exit
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Condoleezza Rice's confirmation as secretary of state is nearly certain, but she faced tough questions on Iraq and terrorism.
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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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Condoleezza Rice gave little ground to senators lambasting U.S. policies in Iraq on the first day of her confirmation hearing to be secretary of state and will return on Wednesday for a second round of questioning.
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 15 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice used an unscheduled visit here Tuesday to laud Iraqi leaders for making progress on a set of political recommendations established by the United States to help the country bridge its sectarian divide. But she also stressed that more progress...
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Baghdad unannounced as 10 die in car bombs in Kirkuk.
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Despite stepped-up training, the readiness of the Iraqi military to operate independently of U.S. forces has decreased since President Bush's new strategy was launched in January, according to the White House progress report released yesterday.
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U.S. troops could start leaving Iraq by the end of this year if the plan to suppress sectarian violence in Baghdad is successful, the defense secretary said.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Iraq on Tuesday on a previously unannounced visit, the White House said.
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The military command in charge of training Iraqi forces has fewer than half of its permanent headquarters personnel in place.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Saturday, arriving as American and Iraqi troops make initial gains in a new crackdown against militants in the Iraqi capital.
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The top American commander in Iraq on Wednesday said U.S.-trained Iraqi security forces were still not ready to take over the counterinsurgency and there was no guarantee they will ever be able to defeat it on their own.
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President Bush, pressed by Democrats  for an exit strategy from Iraq, will not give a timetable for a  U.S. withdrawal but stress in his State of the Union speech the  need to train Iraqi forces to take over security, the White  House said on Monday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Congress yesterday that more than 40 percent of nearly 300 State Department positions to be added in Iraq as part of President Bush's new strategy will have to be filled by military personnel.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice makes an unannounced visit to the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
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President Bush is expected to speak about his desire for Iraq troops reductions, but offer no change in strategy yet.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice unexpectedly flew to Iraq from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to press for more progress on political reconciliation
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Iraq's leaders on Saturday to use any lull in violence to push ahead with national reconciliation, adding that U.S. patience would not last forever.