White House weighs Iraq power shift

Thursday, November 13, 2003

WASHINGTON -- President Bush and senior national security advisers grappled with plans Wednesday to accelerate the transfer of power in Baghdad under the pressure of rising casualties and a troubling intelligence report from Iraq.

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