Bush Fails to Gain Pledges on Troops Or Funds for Iraq
National Guard, Reserve May Plug Holes

By Dana Milbank and Colum Lynch
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, September 25, 2003; Page A01

NEW YORK, Sept. 24 -- President Bush ended two days of meetings with foreign leaders today without winning more international troops or funds for Iraq and with a top aide saying it could take months to achieve a new U.N. resolution backing the U.S. occupation.

Bush's failure to win a promise of fresh soldiers in meetings with the leaders of India and Pakistan -- aides said the president did not even ask -- increased the difficulty the United States will have in assembling another division of foreign troops in Iraq, which senior Pentagon officials say is the minimum needed to relieve overstretched U.S. forces.

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