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Article: U.S. leader in Iraq announces ambitious timetable for rebuilding.
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- July 23, 2003
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Byline: Warren P. Strobel and Ron Hutcheson
WASHINGTON _The top U.S. administrator in Baghdad announced an accelerated timetable Wednesday to stabilize and rebuild Iraq as the White House took the offensive to rebut critics of its postwar planning.
L. Paul Bremer III, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, laid out ambitious goals that include restoring electricity to prewar levels, training Iraqi soldiers and police to help with security and reviving Iraq's economy. The plan includes 60- and 120-day benchmarks for specific goals.
"We have a plan for the next 60, 120 days and beyond," Bremer said in a speech to the National Press Club.
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