GAO Report: Iraq Falls Short of Benchmarks

From: NPR Morning Edition | Date: September 4, 2007| Author: STEVE INSKEEP | Copyright information


NPR Morning Edition

09-04-2007

GAO Report: Iraq Falls Short of Benchmarks

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time 10:00-11:00 AM


Play Audio


STEVE INSKEEP, host:

And for those who want more information, another assessment of the political and military situation on Iraq comes out today. A draft of the report by the Government Accountability Office - or GAO - is already been leaked. And so we know that it says...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Iraqi government embarrassed by the seizure of Iranian diplomat.
Knight Ridder Washington Bureau (Washington D.C.) ; Byline: Leila Fadel BAGHDAD, Iraq _The Iraqi government, apparently unable to control its security agencies, said Tuesday that an armed government security unit had abducted an accredited Iranian diplomat in central Baghdad on Sunday. But the foreign minister couldn't say where he was being held.
Iraqi Government needs global support
New Straits Times ; Bruce Cleghorn New Straits Times 06-14-2004 Iraqi Government needs global support Byline: Bruce Cleghorn Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2* Section: Letters Type: Letter YOUR editorial on June 10 rightly stressed the importance of the UN Security Council's unanimity in support of the new resolution on
New Iraqi government will have power of veto.(News)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) ; THE new Iraqi government will be able to veto controversial coalition military operations once it assumes power in July, Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday. His comment, which has yet to be confirmed by the White House or the Pentagon, came as Iraqi defence minister Ali Alawi played down the
Blair: Iraqi government will have real power.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England) ; ... the Iraqi government and the final political control remains with the Iraqi government.' Mr Alawi told a Ministry of Defence news conference just before Mr Blair spoke: 'The timing of a presence of a multinational force it is a question of months rather than ...
Iraqi government is ineffective, says intel assessment
Oakland Tribune ; WASHINGTON -- The Iraqi government is strained by rampant violence, deep sectarian differences among its political parties and stymied leadership, the nation's top spy analysts concluded in a sobering assessment released Thursday. With the country teetering between success and failure in the next