WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A day after President George W. Bush cited enough progress in Iraq to justify U.S. troop reductions, the White House told Congress on Friday that Iraqi leaders had failed to meet half of their key goals.
The administration's acknowledgment of shortfalls in the Iraqi government's performance underscored the challenges Bush faces in selling his strategy to skeptical Democratic lawmakers and an American public increasingly opposed to the war.
In a report ordered by Congress, the White House concluded the Iraqis had made satisfactory progress on just nine of 18 political and security benchmarks and unsatisfactory progress in seven. It said it was unable to rate two other targets.
The administration's acknowledgment of shortfalls in the Iraqi government's performance underscored the challenges Bush faces in selling his strategy to skeptical Democratic lawmakers and an American public increasingly opposed to the war.
In a report ordered by Congress, the White House concluded the Iraqis had made satisfactory progress on just nine of 18 political and security benchmarks and unsatisfactory progress in seven. It said it was unable to rate two other targets.
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The Gerbil is just saying anything now just to keep the chaos going. The Iraq contracts for oil rights can't be signed until there is a Government. Cheney is working hard to get those contracts for Halliburton. Now we learned that the Kurds have already signed an agreement with another country for the oil on their land. This is messing up Cheney's plan. The soldiers are important it's those contracts for the oil rights.
Check out today's news as Bush now says he will have to send more troops to Iraq. Remember the few soldiers for other small countries are leaving fast.
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