, The Pentagon will press for intensive training of Iraqi forces, not an overhaul of tactics or strategy, as it seeks a solution for a war the United States is not winning, defense officials said.
The call for more training reflects a view among U.S. defense officials in Washington and Baghdad that the military is not the problem in Iraq, so any new Iraq policy from the White House should be weighted toward political, diplomatic and economic strategy shifts, those officials argue.
The military piece needs adjustment only, they say.
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