NEW YORK - President Bush (news - web sites) won a commitment Wednesday from German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to set aside differences and work together for a strong and stable Iraq (news - web sites). "We both agree that we want to look into the future together," Schroeder said.

"It is very important, not just for Iraq, but for the whole of the region, for Germany and therefore for the whole of Europe," Schroeder said.

Receiving a renewed German offer to help train Iraqi police and security forces, Bush said, "I appreciate his efforts to help Iraq grow to be a peaceful and stable and democratic country."

Still, there was no indication Germany would contribute peacekeeping troops, as it has to Afghanistan (news - web sites), or that Schroeder would retract his support for France's call for a quick end to the U.S. occupation of Iraq.

And Schroeder said he did not feel "under time pressure" from a proposed U.S. resolution in the U.N. Security Council designed to draw in troops and financial support for reconstruction.

He described his conversation with Bush as "very open-minded" and "trustful."...