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Mon 09 Sep 2007Bush hopes to buy time on Iraq with report to CongressThe top American military and political figures in Iraq will today seek to persuade Congress that the current military strategy is working, at the start of two days of hearings and a report that could determine the future of the US presence in Iraq.Democrats have long viewed today's progress report by Gen David Petraeus and US ambassador Ryan Crocker as a potential turning point in the political debate over Iraq. President George Bush, who will deliver his own report to Congress and make an address to the nation later this week, hopes that today's testimony will buy more time for his strategy of increasing US troop numbers in Iraq.