'Mixed progress' on US Iraq goals
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Iraq has met fewer than half the political and military goals set by US Congress, according to an interim report.
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A widely anticipated White House report on Iraq argues that the Baghdad government has made "satisfactory" progress toward nearly half of the political and military goals sought by Congress, while acknowledging that an equal number remain "not satisfactory." The report, ordered by lawmakers as an...
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The White House told Congress Friday that Iraqi leaders have gained little new ground toward meeting key military and political goals, a discouraging assessment a day after President Bush said that progress justifies a large continued U.S. military presence there.
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Iraq's struggling security forces  have had mixed results against a mounting insurgency and the  United States is examining if more funds are needed for this  nascent force, the U.S. government said on Thursday.
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A Bush administration report on Iraq shows satisfactory progress on eight benchmarks, unsatisfactory progress on another eight and mixed results on the other two
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The Iraqi government has failed to meet the vast majority of political and military goals laid out by lawmakers to assess President Bush's Iraq war strategy, congressional auditors have determined.
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The ministerâs comments suggested a longer U.S. commitment in Iraq than had previously been indicated.
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A new White House report on Iraq shows slim progress, moving just one political and security goal into the satisfactory column: de-Baathification
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Skeptics of President Bush's strategy in Iraq highlight his frequent optimistic assessment of conditions there. Bush has emphasized a series of "turning points" over the years that he said signaled more progress to come:
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The White House said today that Iraq has made "satisfactory progress" toward meeting nine of 18 political, economic and security benchmarks and cited "encouraging signs" of conditions that would allow the United States to reduce its forces there.
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U.S. President George W. Bush acknowledged on Thursday his Iraq strategy had made limited progress but said he would wait for a September security report before considering a change of course.
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The White House report says most progress has been in the military realm, and will chide the Iraqi government for failing to capitalize on additional U.S. troops.
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President Bush on Tuesday cited "encouraging signs" of military and political progress in Iraq as his new strategy gets underway. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice noted that "things are going reasonably well." And on Thursday, Rice's special coordinator for Iraq, David M....
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Iraq has failed to meet all but three of 18 congressionally mandated benchmarks for political and military progress, according to a draft of a Government Accountability Office report. The document questions whether some aspects of a more positive assessment by the White House last month adequately...
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The Bush administration is nearing the release of an interim report on 18 benchmarks for the Iraqi government, with fresh signs that some Republican senators are impatient with the White House plan for Iraq.
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The United States is seeking new  ways to speed up reconstruction in Iraq, from changing  procurement rules to using more local contractors, as it tries  to stabilize the chaotic country before elections in January.
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he saw signs of progress in Iraq on both the military and political fronts and again held out the possibility of a reduction in U.S. troop levels.