Bush Calls Nominee Gates An “Agent Of Change” For Iraq...

Reuters Claudia Parsons November 11, 2006 10:57 AM

President Bush said on Saturday his chosen new defense secretary was an "agent of change" in a sign of the growing momentum for a new direction inIraq policy after election defeat for Bush's Republicans.

Two car bombs in a Baghdad market killed eight people and Iraqi security forces were the target of several attacks around the country on Saturday as insurgents and sectarian groups kept up the pressure on the Iraqi government and its U.S. backers.

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