Bush to nominate U.S. envoys to UN,
Iraq
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (Xinhua)-- U.S. President George
W. Bush will nominate Zalmay Khalilzad to be the American envoy to the United
Nations and Ryan Crocker to replace him as U.S. ambassador to Iraq, the White
House said on Monday.
U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice is due to make the announcements later in the day, White House
spokesman Tony Snow said. Full story
Leading U.S. newspaper has doubts
about troop increase in Iraq
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George
W. Bush will have to convince Congress and Americans that a troop increase in
Iraq makes sense when he unveils a new strategy for Iraq, which is expected this
week, the Washington Post said in an editorial on Sunday.
"It's well known that many senior American generals,
including the outgoing commanders of American forces in Iraq and the Middle
East, have resisted a troop increase," the editorial said. Full story
U.S. announces personnel changes for
new Iraq policy
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- The White House
has announced a series of personnel changes in U.S. President George W. Bush's
foreign policy team and the U.S. military leadership in Iraq, which analysts
said were designed to pave way for the new policy on Iraq that Bush is expected
to unveil next week.
In a statement on Friday, Bush said he accepted the
recommendations of Defense Secretary Robert Gates that David Petraeus replace
George Casey as the top U.S. commander in Iraq, and William J. Fallon, currently
the Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, succeed John Abizaid as commander of the
U.S. Central Command which oversees American military affairs in the Middle
East. Full story
Report: Bush reshuffles Iraq
team
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush is overhauling
his top diplomatic and military team in Iraq, The Washington Post reported
Friday.
The move came as the White House scrambles to complete its new war policy
package in time for the president to unveil it in a speech to the nation next
week, according to the report. Full story
Bush admits U.S. not winning war in
Iraq
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George
W. Bush acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday that the United States is not
winning the war in Iraq, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
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Combo picture of U.S. President George
W. Bush holding his traditional year-end news conference in the Indian
Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House
complex in Washington Dec. 20, 2006. (Xinhua Photo)
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U.S. House document calls for bigger
military
INGTON, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The United States needs a
larger military force and improved capabilities to meet global threats, the
House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said in a document released here
Thursday.
