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"Strikingly Negative" Iraq Report Leaked To Preempt White House Doctoring

Washington Post Karen DeYoung and Thomas E. Ricks August 29, 2007 09:37 PM
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 reflected the range of views the GAO found within the administration.
The strikingly negative GAO draft, which will be delivered to Congress in final form on Tuesday, comes as the White House prepares to deliver...