U.S. May Drop Bid for New U.N. Resolution

WASHINGTON - After a high-profile pitch at the United Nations for more countries to send troops to Iraq, the Bush administration is encountering resistance and may not seek a Security Council resolution after all, U.S. officials said Monday.

"We have not yet made a determination," Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage told reporters, alluding to the possibility of a new resolution.

Other officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, noted the strong stand that some U.N. members had taken against the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq in March without the council's blessing.

Asked about the status of any new resolution, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Negroponte, said, "We're nowhere near a text on Iraq."

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