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    Bush Meets with Pentagon on Increasing US Troops in Iraq

    President Bush won't announce his new Iraq strategy until next year, and today he went to the Pentagon to get proposals from the Joint Chiefs of Staff .  The Los Angeles Times reports that the military has a plan to satisfy his demand to focus on victory.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    President Bush won't announce his new Iraq strategy until next year, and today he went to the Pentagon to get proposals from the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Los Angeles Times reports that the military has a plan to satisfy his demand to focus on victory.

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      Warren Olney

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    The US and India: Nuclear Power and Atomic Weapons
    1. 1:45Bush Meets with Pentagon on Increasing US Troops in IraqYou’re reading this
    2. 7:30A Nuclear India
    3. 38:39Jimmy Carter Draws Heat over Israel-Palestine Book
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