U.S. President George W. Bush said the Iraqi government plans to take responsibility for security across the country by November.

In a televised speech announcing his new Iraq strategy, Bush said the Iraqi government plans to take responsibility for security in all of the country's provinces by November, so as to "establish its authority."

Iraq would pass legislation to share oil revenues among all Iraqis, and the Iraqi government would spend 10 billion U.S. dollars of its own money on reconstruction and infrastructure projects that would create new jobs, he said.

Bush said that Iraq plans to hold provincial elections later this year, and the Iraqi government would reform de-Baathification laws and establish a fair process for considering amendments to Iraq's constitution, to allow more Iraqis to re-enter their nation's political life.

The U.S. government would change its approach to help the Iraqi government as it worked to meet these benchmarks, he said.

In his speech, Bush noted the United States would increase the embedding of American advisers in Iraqi Army units and partner a coalition brigade with every Iraqi Army division, one of the many recommendations by the Iraq Study Group that reviewed the administration's Iraq policy.

The Untied States would held the Iraqis build a larger and better-equipped Army, and accelerate the training of Iraqi forces, which remained the essential U.S. security mission in Iraq, he said.

In addition, the administration would give U.S. commanders and civilians "greater flexibility to spend funds for economic assistance," and double the number of Provincial Reconstruction Teams, he said.

Source: Xinhua