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The latest assessment on progress in Iraq closely follows a National Intelligence Estimate in July: some military gains of uncertain durability and little or no political gains to build the peace. The Government Accountability Office, which issued its study Tuesday, is not a policymaking branch - it can't set the direction for the United States in Iraq - but it can point the way toward better policy, and has done so this time.
The GAO report found that Iraqi leaders had met three of the 18 benchmarks set last year; it partly met four others and failed to meet 11. According to the Washington Post, Defense Department officials say the report is too harsh in some areas and that some information, such as the number of Iraqi Army units able to operate independent of U.S. support, should remain classified.See the full content of this document
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Reassessing Iraq
But even among the different interpretations the overall conclusion from multiple sources is that a...
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