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> Key Bush Assertions About Iraq in Dispute
>
> By Adam Entous
>
> CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - Many of President Bush's assertions
> about progress in Iraq -- from police training and reconstruction
> to preparations for January elections -- are in dispute, according
> to internal Pentagon documents, lawmakers and key congressional
> aides on Sunday.
>
> Bush used the visit last week by interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad
> Allawi to make the case that "steady progress" is being made in
> Iraq to counter warnings by his Democratic presidential rival,
> Sen. John Kerry, that the situation in reality is deteriorating.

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