The King Maker

by: Scarce

Thu Aug 30, 2007 at 21:53:44 PM EDT

Wesley Clark puts his finger on the problem in the U.S. Senate.

Clark comments on a "strikingly negative GAO draft report" on the reality in Iraq leaked today. Full 7 min clip below.

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 its own new benchmark report in the second week of September, along with congressional testimony from Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker. They are expected to describe significant security improvements and offer at least some promise for political reconciliation in Iraq.

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