Bush plans to roll out new Iraq strategy this week
{{date|January 2, 2007}}

{{Iraq war}}[[U.S.]] President [[George W. Bush]] plans to announce his new strategy for [[Iraq]] sometime this week, according to a senior administration source quoted by the [[BBC]].

That strategy will reportedly include a troop increase and will focus on securing Iraq rather than training Iraqi forces. Bush will reveal the strategy in a speech "within days," according to the BBC. Its theme will be sacrifice. Other news agencies have yet to confirm the BBC report.

The announcement comes as [[US Democratic Party|Democrats]] are preparing to start back to work on Thursday in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] as the new majority, having won many of their new seats by vowing to pull troops out of Iraq.

Bush's new strategy would also prove to be a rebuke of the long-heralded Iraq Study Group report, which he commissioned. It nudged the president toward a policy of negotiations with countries like Iran and Syria, previously seen as enemies, and eventual withdrawal.

Bush met with advisers during December to decide how to proceed in Iraq. Before taking a vacation in {{w|Crawford, Texas|Crawford}}, [[Texas|Tex.]], his spokesman said the announcement of a new strategy would come sometime after the New Year. Some have speculated that meant he would include in his State of the Union address to [[U.S. Congress|Congress]] expected later this month.

However, the timing of a speech this week may be pointed toward Capitol Hill anyway, as Democrats said they plan to largely sideline Bush's [[Republican Party (US)|Republican]] party from the first 100 hours of lawmaking as the new legislature convenes.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6223923.stm
|title=Bush 'to reveal Iraq troop boost' 
|author=Justin Webb
|pub=BBC
|date=January 02, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/01/AR2007010100784.html
|title=Democrats To Start Without GOP Input
|author=Lyndsey Layton and Juliet Eilperin
|pub=Washington Post
|date=January 02, 2007}} 
*{{source|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6710614
|title=Milestones at Home and in Iraq
|author=Ron Elving
|pub=NPR
|date=January 02, 2007}}

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[[fr:Les médias prêtent à George W. Bush l'intention d'augmenter l'effectif des troupes américaines en Irak]]
U.S. President George W. Bush plans to announce his new strategy for Iraq sometime this week, according to a senior administration source quoted by the BBC.

That strategy will reportedly include a troop increase and will focus on securing Iraq rather than training Iraqi forces. Bush will reveal the strategy in a speech "within days," according to the BBC. Its theme will be sacrifice. Other news agencies have yet to confirm the BBC report.

The announcement comes as Democrats are preparing to start back to work on Thursday in Washington as the new majority, having won many of their new seats by vowing to pull troops out of Iraq.

Bush's new strategy would also prove to be a rebuke of the long-heralded Iraq Study Group report, which he commissioned. It nudged the president toward a policy of negotiations with countries like Iran and Syria, previously seen as enemies, and eventual withdrawal.

Bush met with advisers during December to decide how to proceed in Iraq. Before taking a vacation in Crawford, Tex., his spokesman said the announcement of a new strategy would come sometime after the New Year. Some have speculated that meant he would include in his State of the Union address to Congress expected later this month.

However, the timing of a speech this week may be pointed toward Capitol Hill anyway, as Democrats said they plan to largely sideline Bush's Republican party from the first 100 hours of lawmaking as the new legislature convenes.
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