GAO-08-837 Securing, Stabilizing, and Rebuilding Iraq: Progress ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Forces in Iraq, GAO-08-700C, (Washington, D.C.: June. 2008). ...... and Our Evaluation. •. Violence in Iraq is down but U.S. surge forces are leaving and ...
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This is the June 2008 update and you really should read and decide for yourself. However if you want just a blurb then listen to someone who has never read it. I wonder how many reporters covering the candidates have read the report and understand how success was to be measured based on established bench marks.