国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

   

Bush's advisers adopt new tone on Iraq

(AP)
Updated: 2006-11-13 08:59

WASHINGTON - Responding to a humbling election, White House aides said Sunday that President Bush would welcome new ideas about the unpopular war in Iraq, even from Democrats he had branded as soft on terrorism.


US President George W. Bush speaks during Veterans Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Bush suggested that a shift in his Iraq policy could be in the works, by praising his new defense secretary nominee as "an agent of change." [AFP]
As Bush planned to meet Monday with a key advisory group on the war, his advisers adopted a new tone, days after a dissatisfied public handed the White House a divided government.

"Full speed ahead" in Iraq, as Vice President Dick Cheney put it in the final days of the campaign, was replaced by repeated calls for a "fresh perspective" and an acknowledgment that "nobody can be happy" with the situation in Iraq.

"We clearly need a fresh approach," said Josh Bolten, Bush's chief of staff, making the rounds of morning talk shows.

Democrats, meanwhile, showed they were not all in accord on how to proceed in Iraq. Although party leaders back a multifaceted approach to stabilizing the country, lawmakers have not unified on when to bring troops home without risking more chaos in Iraq.

Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, the incoming chairman of the Armed Services Committee, urged that US troops begin coming home in phases within four months to six months. He and Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, the incoming chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, predicted many Republicans would support such a resolution now that the election is over.

"We have to tell Iraqis that the open-ended commitment is over," Levin said.

Yet the Senate's top Democrat, Harry Reid of Nevada, did not seem to go as far. He said he thought the withdrawal of US troops should began within a few months, but when asked if he would insist on a specific date, he said, "Absolutely not."

Special coverage:
Iraq After War 
Related readings:
Bush, team to meet with Iraq Study Group
Official: US showed 'stupidity' in Iraq
The administration will not support a timetable for drawing down troops, Bolten said.

"Nobody wants to get the troops out of there more than President Bush," he said. "But they need to be there to support the Iraqi government, to make sure that the Iraqi government succeeds. And as soon as we can get them out, we will."

As the war dominated the US political debate, there was more carnage in Iraq. Suicide bombs erupted in a crowd of police recruits in Baghdad, while Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki rebuked lawmakers for putting party and sectarian loyalty ahead of Iraq's stability.
12  


Top World News  
Today's Top News  
Most Commented/Read Stories in 48 Hours
大关县| 滕州市| 西林县| 清新县| 南康市| 任丘市| 江城| 内江市| 钟祥市| 岢岚县| 格尔木市| 通渭县| 周口市| 中超| 钟山县| 阿拉善左旗| 铅山县| 中宁县| 梁山县| 伊吾县| 罗源县| 甘肃省| 淮北市| 册亨县| 石楼县| 唐河县| 子长县| 固安县| 尤溪县| 奉节县| 城步| 宿松县| 宜昌市| 略阳县| 河津市| 江陵县| 丰都县| 米脂县| 隆化县| 永丰县| 达州市|