Bush to Announce New Iraq Plan Wednesday - Washington Post.

President Bush will unveil his new approach to the 46-month-old Iraq war on Wednesday at 9 p.m., the White House announced today. "This is the president's proposal for moving forward in a way that he believes is going to be conducive to producing results," White House spokesman Tony Snow said this afternoon.

Bush is widely expected to announce a boost in U.S. military forces in Iraq by as many as 20,000 troops, a jobs program to put Iraqis back to work and political benchmarks that the U.S. expects Iraqi leaders to meet in forming a national reconciliation government.

Snow repeatedly declined at his daily news briefing to respond to questions about specifics in Bush's speech, which, he said, is still being written...