Report Finds Little Progress On Iraq Goals
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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 chief of intelligence for the Marine Corps in Iraq recently filed an unusual secret report concluding that the prospects for securing that country's western al Anbar province are dim and that there is almost nothing the U.S. military can do to improve the political and social situation there,...
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Historian says the high-level failure continues to undercut what has been a "mediocre" Army effort in Iraq.
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The Iraqi government has failed to take the political and military steps needed to cut sectarian violence, a U.S. congressional report said on Tuesday and a U.S. general said the next months were critical for creating security in the country.
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Iraq's economy is weaker than at any point since the US invasion in 2003.
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Iraq's top diplomat said Thursday that more progress had been made in bringing security to the country than in advancing the tumultuous political situation, and cautioned against expecting "magical solutions" from the upcoming status report to U.S. Congress.
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Iraq did not possess stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons and its program to develop nuclear arms was in decay by March 2003, the CIA said in a report that undercuts the Bush
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President Bush's policy in Iraq "is not working," a high-level commission said Wednesday in a blunt, bleak assessment that called for an urgent diplomatic attempt to stabilize the country and allow withdrawal of most U.S. combat troops by early 2008.
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A new US intelligence report gives a more gloomy view of Iraq's future than Bush administration statements.
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The White House said in an assessment issued today that the Iraqi government has shown mixed progress on 18 benchmarks.
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Military statistics show that U.S. forces have made some headway at protecting the Iraqi population, but there are questions over whether the gains can be sustained.
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As President Bush and Gen. David Petraeus struggle to make the case that yet more time is needed for victory in Iraq, the goal for success no longer resembles the high hopes the architects of the 2003 invasion had in mind.
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The measure does not set a timetable to withdraw U.S. troops but requires the Iraqi government to meet a series of benchmarks.
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A pair of U.S. senators investigating reports of waste, fraud and mismanagement in defense contracts in Iraq reported from Baghdad Saturday that they see some improvement but the military has a long way to go.
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The White House report released today shows progress on eight benchmarks, unsatisfactory progress on another eight and mixed results on the other two.
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The Iraqi government has not yet fully met any of 18 goals for political, military and economic reform, the Bush administration said Thursday in an interim report certain to inflame debate in Congress over growing calls for a U.S. troop withdrawal.
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A new U.S. intelligence report predicted on Friday that the situation in Iraq will deteriorate further unless efforts are made to reverse conditions, a portion of the report said.