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Bush says new approach needed in Iraq 
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President Bush, admitting that "it's bad in Iraq," acknowledged Thursday that the United States needs a new approach in the unpopular war and promised to unveil details in an upcoming speech.Bush rejects Iraq report's key proposals, unveils Mideast initiative AFP via Yahoo! News - 56 minutes ago
US President George W. Bush rebuffed key recommendations from the Iraq Study Group but announced a new Middle East peace push after talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.Senators question Iraq panel's strategy AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
Senators sharply questioned an Iraq commission's call for a new U.S. war strategy Thursday, saying the Bush administration and Congress must work urgently together to find a more effective approach.Chairmen: Iraq report can't be used piecemeal CNN.com - 2 hours, 13 minutes ago
The chairmen of the Iraq Study Group told a Senate panel Thursday that its report on the "deteriorating situation" in Iraq must be viewed as a whole and not piecemeal.Can They All Get Along in Iraq? Despite the Report, Maybe They Can?t New York Times - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago
Many of the recommendations are based on assumptions that Iraq?s leadership has the political will to put national interests before communal concerns.With Foe?s Change of Heart, Iraq Watchdog Is Likely to Survive New York Times - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago
A key House Republican dropped his opposition against a federal agency that oversees billions in reconstruction money to Iraq.A Turning Point for a Panel: 4 Harrowing Days in Iraq New York Times - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago
Some Iraq Study Group members found a recent trip to the country so harrowing, they wondered if they could afford wait to speak out about the disaster in Iraq.A new Date of Infamy gets cloudy in Iraq USA Today - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
On the day that the esteemed elders in the Iraq Study Group released their much anticipated report, some 350 old sailors and soldiers were gathering in Hawaii to commemorate the 65th anniversary of Pearl Harbor.Bush tells Iran, Syria how they can join Iraq talks CNN.com - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
After talks with his top Iraq war ally President Bush on Thursday indicated that Iran and Syria might be included in regional talks about Iraq, if they meet certain conditions.Israeli Leader Rejects Link Between Iraq and Mideast Woes New York Times - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
Ehud Olmert disagreed with the Iraq Study Group?s report that linked the turmoil in Iraq with the need to resolve the conflicts between Israel and its Arab neighbors.Some senators skeptical of Iraq Study Group's proposals USA Today - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago
Senators sharply questioned the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group on Thursday, while the commission's co-chairmen urged Congress to unite behind a revised U.S. policy.Impact of police being sent to Iraq felt on street USA Today - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
The deployment of thousands of police officers to Iraq, Afghanistan and other military reserve posts is costing local law enforcement agencies up to $1.2 billion per year, according to a new analysis of Justice Department data.Kurdish leader blasts Iraq group's report CNN.com - Dec 07 6:01 PM
The president of the Kurdistan region of Iraq issued a stinging rejection of the Iraq Study Group's recommendations, saying Kurds "are in no way abiding by this report."Keep focus on Iraq USA Today - Dec 07 5:49 PM
Keep focus on IraqIraq panel concerned over al-Sadr's army AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 4:24 PM
The Iraq Study Group's grim report embraces the most worrisome estimates about Muqtada al-Sadr's private army: He has up to 60,000 fighters, and his followers are planted throughout the security forces protecting the Health Ministry and other Iraqi government institutions.Iraq plans international, regional summits on its fate CNN.com - Dec 07 3:45 PM
Iraq will hold two crucial conferences on its dire situation, one to include the United Nations and Arab League, and the other to include only its neighboring nations, the Iraq Foreign Ministry announced Thursday.Sales soar for Iraq study group's book AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 3:56 PM
"The Iraq Study Group Report" is now in its third printing, according to publisher Vintage Books, and reached the top five on the best seller lists of Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com a day after its release.Convincing White House, key to Iraq proposals' success: lawmakers AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 3:59 PM
The authors of a critical new report on US policy in Iraq acknowledged that bringing a skeptical White House on board could prove one of the biggest challenges.Bush vows new approach on Iraq, plans speech Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 3:00 PM
President Bush vowed on Thursday to adopt a new strategy for Iraq and outline it in a major speech soon as he made his first substantive response to a bipartisan panel's finding his Iraq policy has failed and time is running out for changing course.U.S. troops suffer heavy losses this month in Iraq USA Today - Dec 07 4:13 PM
A flare-up of fighting in Iraq has made the first week in December one of the deadliest in the war. At least 32 U.S. troops have died in Iraq this month, according to the Defense Department.U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 2,922 AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 4:49 PM
As of Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006, at least 2,922 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,339 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.Soldier Dies From Wounds Received In Iraq WJXT News4Jax.com via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 3:49 PM
An Army special operations soldier stationed at Camp Blanding, Fla., died on Dec. 5, in Landstuhl, Germany from wounds received in Iraq while deployed in support of combat operations as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.2 professors among 23 killed in Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 3:37 PM
A series of bombings and shootings killed at least 23 people in Iraq on Thursday, including a 7-year-old girl and two college professors.Bush, Blair Assess Iraq Study Group's Report Washington Post - Dec 07 2:07 PM
President Bush said today that the United States needs "a new approach" in Iraq, but he implicitly rejected a key recommendation of a bipartisan panel that issued a hard-hitting report yesterday: the holding of direct talks with Iran and Syria independently of other issues.Bush awaiting more input before picking Iraq course Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 1:57 PM
President Bush said on Thursday a new strategy was required in Iraq that could include contacts with Iran and Syria and U.S. troop cuts, but he would await further reviews beyond the scathing Iraq Study Group report before determining a new way forward.Bush says Iraq policy will change BBC News - 4 minutes ago
US President George W Bush concedes a "new approach" is needed in Iraq, after the release of a damning report.Iraq Report Gives Hill Democrats a Road Map New York Times - Dec 07 1:16 PM
Republican John W. Warner may hold the gavel when members of the Iraq Study Group present their findings at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday, but Democrats will control the agenda.Your e-mails: Will Iraq recommendations work? CNN.com - Dec 07 12:30 PM
A high-level panel has made its recommendations on Iraq, calling the situation there "grave and dangerous," while adding "prospects can be improved." The Iraq Study Group calls for direct talks between the United States, Iran and Syria and urges moving most U.S. troops from combat to support roles by early 2008.Congress to keep alive Iraq IG office AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 1:52 PM
The House probably will approve a bill Friday to keep open a special investigative office that has unearthed millions of dollars in waste and fraud in the rebuilding of Iraq.Overture to Iran defended by Iraq report authors Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 12:46 PM
The Republican chairman of the Iraq Study Group on Thursday defended the panel's call to seek Iran's help in stabilizing Iraq but conceded he was told recently by Tehran that was unlikely "this time around."Olmert Rejects Linking Iraq to Israeli-Arab Disputes Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 12:46 PM
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rejected the linkage made by the Iraq Study Group between resolving or reducing U.S. involvement in Iraq and finding a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.Iraq investigative legislation stalls AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 1:03 PM
Legislation keeping open a special investigative office that has unearthed millions of dollars in waste and fraud in the rebuilding of Iraq was stalled in the House on Thursday as Congress neared adjournment.Olmert: Iraq, Mideast conflict unrelated AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 11:50 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday rejected a U.S. advisory group's conclusions that Israel must talk to Syria and solve its conflict with the Palestinians to help the Bush administration stabilize Iraq.Bush, Blair: "New approach" needed on Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 11:42 AM
President Bush said on Thursday a new strategy was required in Iraq but he would await further reviews beyond the scathing Iraq Study Group report before determining a new way forward.Bush Rejects Key Point of Iraq Panel?s Final Report New York Times - Dec 07 11:18 AM
The president rejected the idea of withdrawing most combat troops before their work is done, saying the failure to establish a stable and secure Iraq would haunt Americans for years.Israel Disputes Connection to Iraq Turmoil New York Times - Dec 07 11:33 AM
The Iraq panel is wrong to see a linkage between the Israeli-Arab conflict and the problems in Iraq, Israel?s prime minister said today.Convincing skeptical White House key to Iraq proposals' success: lawmakers AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 10:54 AM
The authors of a critical new report on US policy in Iraq urged quick implementation of their proposals, and acknowledged that bringing a skeptical White House on board could prove one of the biggest challenges.Bush admits "we need a new approach" in Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 10:46 AM
President George W. Bush said on Thursday "we need a new approach" in Iraq that could include contacts with Iran and Syria and U.S. troop reductions, a day after a panel pressured him for a swift change in strategy.Iraq policy 'no longer viable' Los Angeles Times - 19 minutes ago
WASHINGTON Bush administration policies have set off a "slide toward chaos" in Iraq, a bipartisan national commission declared Wednesday in a major reappraisal that challenges President Bush's view of the war and builds new pressure for disengagement.Iraqi panel finds US underreported violence in Iraq AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 11:18 AM
The Pentagon defended the US military's reporting of conditions in Iraq, after a major study by a bipartisan group concluded that US authorities have been systematically underreporting the violence there.'Pie in the sky' report won't fix Iraq International Herald Tribune - Dec 07 9:47 AM
The result of the Iraq Study Group is a report that, on the most essential points, is pie in the sky.Iraq Study Group report gets cool reception among Iraqis CNN.com - Dec 07 9:15 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Iraqi citizens said Thursday that a U.S. advisory's group recommendation that Washington move toward military disengagement in Iraq offered little hope of a quick improvement in their lives.European leaders welcome report on Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 9:35 AM
European leaders, who have been sharply critical of the Bush administration's occupation of Iraq, welcomed the U.S. advisory group's report on Iraq as a "necessary course correction" and a first step in a more realistic American view of the conflict.Presidential hopefuls prod Bush on Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 9:23 AM
For potential 2008 presidential candidates, the Iraq Study Group's report presents an opportunity to prod the president to change his policy, even if they don't buy into all the bipartisan panel's recommendations.Withdrawal of US troops from Iraq depends on conditions: Bush AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 10:35 AM
President George W. Bush argued most US combat troops would only be able to leave Iraq by early 2008, as suggested by a high-level US commission, if conditions permit.Europeans see Iraq report as realistic first step International Herald Tribune - Dec 07 1:45 PM
The Iraq Study Group's proposal to engage Iran and Syria in dialogue found approval, although talk of beginning a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq made some officials wary that Washington may press European governments for help they are reluctant to give.House Democrats trade Iraq charges Los Angeles Times - 22 minutes ago
WASHINGTON Injecting the Iraq war into the escalating fight for the No. 2 spot among House Democrats, Rep. John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania on Tuesday attacked his opponent for not backing a push last year for withdrawal of U.S. troops.Heads of Iraq Group Seek Support of Congress New York Times - Dec 07 9:18 AM
The co-chairmen of the Iraq Study Group called on Congress to endorse the group?s bipartisan call for a sharp change in course in the Iraq war.Red Cross seeks 47 percent hike in Iraq aid budget for 2007 AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 9:55 AM
Iraq will consume an ever greater portion of the International Committee of the Red Cross's budget in 2007, moving to the third highest recipient of aid from the seventh, the aid agency said.Brownback tells AP Iraq should be split AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 9:48 AM
Republican presidential hopeful Sam Brownback said Thursday that Iraq must achieve a "political equilibrium" even if means partitioning the country along ethnic and religious lines.Iraq panel chiefs urge new approach AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 8:17 AM
The leaders of a special commission on Iraq urged the Bush administration and Congress to work together on a new diplomatic and military approach, even as senators raised sharp questions Thursday about elements of the commission's blueprint for changing the war policy.Bush: "We need a new approach" on Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 9:01 AM
President George W. Bush said on Thursday that a new approach was required on Iraq, one day after a scathing report by the Iraq Study Group called for changing U.S. strategy.Bush and Blair meet after US report urges Iraq policy overhaul AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 8:21 AM
US President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair have met for talks on Iraq after a scathing US report bluntly diagnosed their war-fighting strategy as "not working."Bush likely to sideline Blair in Iraq strategy reappraisal: analysts AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 9:03 AM
Tony Blair's influence on future coalition policy in Iraq is likely to be minimal, despite parallels between his ideas and those of the Iraq Study Group on solving the crisis, analysts said.'Iraq Study Group Report' sells quickly CNN.com - Dec 07 8:00 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- It isn't just politicians who want to read "The Iraq Study Group Report."McCain, Murtha Dissent on Iraq Panel, Faulting Report Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 7:27 AM
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Representative John Murtha, their parties' most visible spokesmen on Iraq, broke from a general chorus of praise for a bipartisan panel's call for a gradual U.S. withdrawal, ripping the recommendation from opposite ends of the spectrum.Bush, Blair discuss Iraq options AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 7:07 AM
President Bush, facing urgent pressure to find a fresh strategy in Iraq, met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday, a day after a bipartisan commission report said his war policies have failed and that "time is running out."Iraq panel chiefs urge new Iraq approach AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 7:15 AM
The Bush administration and the Congress must work together in forging a new course in Iraq despite partisan differences over how to end U.S. involvement in the long-running war, the co-chairmen of the Iraq Study Group said Thursday.Iraq and Kurds fail to agree on budget, oil AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 7:18 AM
The prime minister of Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region has said talks with the central government on budgets and oil had failed, further threatening the unity of the fragile country.Iraq Panel Heads Urge Bipartisan Approach CBS News - Dec 07 5:37 PM
Senators raised sharp questions about a special Iraq commission's recommendations for changing U.S. diplomatic and military strategies in the war. In turn, the panel's leaders urged Congress to adopt a bipartisan approach to the war.Iraq report authors say 'time running out' to act AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 6:42 AM
The lead authors of a critical new report on US policy in Iraq warned that President George W. Bush must act quickly to prevent the crisis spinning out of control.Eight Iraq oil smugglers killed in pipeline fire AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 7:55 AM
Eight smugglers were burnt to death when a fire broke out on an oil pipeline as they were stealing from it, said a police officer from Iraq's northern oil city of Kirkuk.Iraq violence claims 10 members of U.S. military USA Today - Dec 07 5:51 AM
Ten U.S. troops were killed in four separate incidents Wednesday in Iraq, the military said, a major blow on the same day a high-level panel in Washington recommended gradually shifting U.S. forces from a combat to a training role.National Poll: 64% Favor Removing "Almost All U.S. Troops from Iraq" Rasmussen Reports via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 7:15 AM
The Iraq Study Group delivered a long-awaited report to official Washington and called for a fundamental change in U.S. strategy. There is broad public support for one of the bi-partisan panel's key recommendations--reducing the number of U.S. combat forces in Iraq. The latest Rasmussen Reports survey finds that 64% of American voters favor "removing almost all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by Iraq report members push combat trainers AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 5:15 AM
A special commission's report calling for a substantial overhaul of U.S. policy in Iraq is likely the most objective advice the Bush administration will get, former Secretary of State James A. Baker III said Thursday.Bush and Blair to meet after US report urges Iraq policy overhaul AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 6:09 AM
US President George W. Bush is set to host Prime Minister Tony Blair at the White House for talks likely to focus on a hard-hitting report that urged a strategic change in Iraq.US media asks: Will Bush heed the Iraq report? AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 6:26 AM
US newspapers gave banner headline coverage to the Iraq Study Group report, but worried that President George W. Bush may find its tough recommendations too difficult to embrace.Olmert rejects link between Iraq crisis, Israel's conflicts CNN.com - Dec 07 6:46 AM
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Thursday rejected a U.S. advisory group's conclusion that a concerted effort to resolve Israel's conflict with its neighbors will help stabilize the situation in Iraq.Iraq panel chairmen to face Senate today AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 4:50 AM
The co-chairmen of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, former secretary of state James A. Baker III and former Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind., are taking their 96-page report before a Senate committee Thursday to face questions on their assessment of conditions inside Iraq as well as their recipe for stabilizing the country and beginning the withdrawal of American forces.Bush, Blair to meet to discuss Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 4:55 AM
President Bush meets with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the White House today, a day after the release of the Iraq study group's report.Iraq studies Baker plan as death toll mounts AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 4:22 AM
Iraq was facing the implications of the Iraq Study Group report, which bluntly declared that US strategy is not working, a fact underlined by the deaths of 11 US soldiers in a single day of mayhem.Islamic states urge Iraq sects to heed Mecca pact AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 6:06 AM
Islamic states have called on clerics from Iraq's warring Shiite and Sunni sects to urge their followers to respect an October pledge to refrain from shedding the blood of Muslims.Iraq Study Group report: Necessary, but not sufficient USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 3:49 AM
Iraq Study Group report:Arianna Huffington: Cutting the Fat from the Iraq Study Group's 79 Proposals HuffingtonPost - Dec 07 4:30 PM
It took us a day, but we finally plowed through all 79 proposals submitted by the Iraq Study Group. Now, we're all for thoroughness, but 79 seems like overkill -- it's hard enough to read through 79 proposals, let alone try to implement them. Here then is HuffPost's look at seven of the Group's suggestions that should be the first to go: Recommendation 4: As an instrument of the New 11 U.S. troops killed in Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 4:38 AM
The toll in one of the U.S. military's deadliest days in Iraq rose to 11 when the military said Thursday that another soldier had died in fighting west of Baghdad.Bush, Blair Emphasize Unity on Iraq NPR - Dec 07 3:49 PM
Meeting in Washington, D.C., President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair present a united front in defending the war in Iraq. The two leaders say they know things are bad and will find new approaches to save their joint mission.Iraq Study Group report a bestseller CNN Money - Dec 07 4:45 AM
While there is much debate over the findings of the Iraq Study Group released Wednesday, a book form of the panel's findings has already become a best seller.Olmert disagrees with U.S. Iraq group AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 5:14 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday rejected a U.S. advisory group's conclusion that a concerted effort to resolve Israel's conflict with its neighbors will help stabilize the situation in Iraq, saying there is no connection between the two issues.Analysis: Report slams U.S. intel on Iraq Space War - 2 hours, 19 minutes ago
by Shaun Waterman - UPI Homeland and National Security Editor Washington (UPI) Dec. 7 - The incoming chairman of the House intelligence committee is pledging hearings after the Baker-Hamilton report found weaknesses and deliberate distortions in U.S. intelligence about the situation in Iraq. U.S. military and intelligence agencies "have not invested sufficient people and resources to understand Baker, Hamilton Say Congress Must Work With Bush on Iraq Fox News - Dec 07 2:56 PM
Leaders of the Iraq Study Group tell a Senate panel Thursday that Congress and the White House must work together for a new course in Iraq despite partisan differences.News Analysis: Iraq Study Group's report is a rebuke to Bush and a blueprint for change International Herald Tribune - Dec 07 7:44 AM
The Iraq Study Group forces the president to accept a painful truth: His policy in Iraq is not working.Let US now speak with one voice on Iraq The Christian Science Monitor - Dec 07 2:49 PM
As the Iraq Study Group points out, the US cannot succeed in Iraq if it is divided at home. Margaret Carlson: Forget Iraq, What We Need Is a Panel on Bush HuffingtonPost - Dec 07 3:30 PM
Waiting for Baker became the Washington game everyone wanted to play. It allowed both parties to hit the pause button as they anticipated a report from the Iraq Study Group, led by former Secretary of State James Baker and former Democratic Representative Lee Hamilton. The report would give them all cover -- Republicans reluctant to jolt their president into action and Democrats afraid to risk Long-awaited Iraq report offers 79 ways to 'cut and stay' USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 3:49 AM
Iraq report offers 79 ways to 'cut and stay'Iraq study group to testify on report AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 2:29 AM
Praised by some and panned by others, the report of a high-level commission on ways to wind down the war in Iraq offered no startlingly new ideas but said a U.S. defeat still could be averted.Syria sees US report on Iraq as 'objective' AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 3:21 AM
Syria has described as "objective" a report by a high-level US panel which called for a new strategy toward the conflict in Iraq, especially on the role of its neighbours.Advisers to Iraq group criticize its report International Herald Tribune - Dec 07 7:44 AM
The military recommendations issued by the Iraq Study Group run counter to assessments made by some of its own military advisers.Howard Says Rapid Coalition Exit From Iraq Would Leave Chaos Bloomberg.com - Dec 07 3:25 PM
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The rapid exit of coalition forces from Iraq would increase instability in the region, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said, after a U.S. report recommended the withdrawal of most combat troops by early 2008.One-Day U.S. Iraq Death Toll Hits 11 CBS News - Dec 07 2:37 PM
The U.S. military raised its one-day death toll in Iraq to 11, setting a worrying pace for American troops as President Bush received a long-awaited report urging him to change the U.S. role from combative to training.Media welcome US report on Iraq, question whether action is imminent AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 2:36 AM
The media have roundly welcomed the Iraq Study Group's report on US policy in Iraq, with one newspaper declaring it a "whiff of realism".Chris Weigant: The Endgame In Iraq (Part 2) -- The Aftermath Within Iraq HuffingtonPost - Dec 07 1:15 PM
[ This is the second in a series of three articles. Part 1 , which addressed "Politics And Diplomacy," ran yesterday. Part 3 will be posted tomorrow. ] After seeing the White House's reaction to the Iraq Study Group's report yesterday, it seems there's a danger of President Bush trying to repackage his "stay the course" strategy as: "We'll leave when milestones are met, but we'll set Iraq Panel Report Gets Varied Reaction CBS News - Dec 07 12:52 PM
Reaction to the report by the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, which said the situation in Iraq is "grave and deteriorating," is widely mixed. Democratic leader Harry Reid calls it a "step forward," but the administration says it deserves scrutiny.Top Democrats: Iraq report rebukes Bush policy CNN.com - Dec 07 1:30 AM
Democrats on Wednesday praised a bipartisan report on Iraq as a step forward, with key senators calling it a rebuke of White House policy.Conservatives Critical of Suggestions in Iraq Report NPR - Dec 07 2:52 PM
The Iraq Study Group's new report has already drawn criticism from some conservatives. Robert Kagan, contributing editor to the Weekly Standard, disagrees with most of the report's recommendations. He shares his thoughts with Mike Pesca.Five U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq roadside bombing Reuters via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 3:13 AM
Five of the 10 U.S. soldiers reported killed in Iraq on Wednesday died when their vehicle was hit by an explosion in northern Kirkuk province, the U.S. military said in a statement.Bush ponders next Iraq move BBC News - Dec 07 11:12 AM
Paul Reynolds considers how much of the Iraq Study group's report will be implemented.Ex-commander questions Iraq pullout, laments lack of funds AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 07 2:36 AM
A former army chief has cast doubt on the wisdom of setting a target date for pulling troops out of Iraq, as proposed by a landmark US report.Bush unexcited about panel's Iraq proposals The Palm Beach Post - 21 minutes ago
President Bush vowed Thursday to come up with "a new strategy" in Iraq but expressed little enthusiasm for the central ideas of a bipartisan commission that advised him to ratchet back the U.S. military commitment in Iraq and launch a concerted new diplomatic effort in the region.Olmert disagrees with U.S. Iraq group USA Today - Dec 07 2:57 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday that he disagreed with a U.S. advisory group's linkage of efforts to stabilize Iraq with new moves to end Israel's conflict with its neighbors.Olmert: Don't Link Syria-Israel to Iraq War NPR - Dec 07 2:49 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert makes clear he opposes any move to link Arab-Israeli peacemaking to efforts to stabilize the situation in Iraq, as recommended in the Baker-Hamilton report.