Rice praises Iraq, says more progress needed
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised Iraq on Tuesday for passing the first in a series of critical laws meant to reconcile warring Iraqis, saying progress was remarkable even though more was needed.
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President Bush on Tuesday cited "encouraging signs" of military and political progress in Iraq as his new strategy gets underway. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice noted that "things are going reasonably well." And on Thursday, Rice's special coordinator for Iraq, David M....
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Washington -- National security adviser Condoleezza Rice defended on Sunday the emphatic statements she made in the run-up to the Iraq war that Saddam Hussein was rebuilding his nuclear weapons program, as a news report said prominent officials had voiced
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he saw signs of progress in Iraq on both the military and political fronts and again held out the possibility of a reduction in U.S. troop levels.
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U.S.-funded reconstruction in Iraq  is gaining pace in some areas, albeit on a smaller scale than  hoped, despite mounting attacks and intimidation by insurgents,  said a senior U.S. official on Wednesday.
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Interim Prime Minister Allawi cites progress, saying Iraqis are grateful for Hussein's ouster.
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KIRKUK, Iraq  - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid an unannounced visit to Iraq on Tuesday, flying directly into the volatile, ethnically mixed northern city of Kirkuk.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Iraqi leaders on Thursday to end their "political inaction" and put aside their differences to rein in sectarian violence that threatens to tear the country apart.
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Iraq is not on track to become another Iran despite the disconcerting images last week of Iraqis burning U.S. flags and chanting "Death to America," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in Baghdad on Tuesday to see top Iraqi officials after Iraq's parliament passed the first in a series of critical laws aimed at reconciling warring Iraqis.
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Condoleezza Rice flew to the volatile city of Kirkuk to urge Iraqi leaders to speed up reconciliation, a U.S. official said.
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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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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Tuesday for talks with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that were expected to involve a push 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.
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KIRKUK, Iraq  - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Iraqi leaders on Tuesday to speed up national reconciliation on a trip overshadowed by an incursion by several hundred Turkish troops into northern Iraq.
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President Bush on Monday applauded what he called a promising sign of political progress by Iraqi leaders who said they had found common ground on some issues standing in the way of reconciliation.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice took the argument over American ideals and influence to her European critics' door Tuesday, and urged cooperation to move beyond disagreements over the war in Iraq.