New Iraq report: 15 of 18 benchmarks satisfactory

New Iraq report: 15 of 18 benchmarks satisfactory

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WASHINGTON - No matter who is elected president in November, his foreign policy team will have to deal with one of the most frustrating realities in Iraq: the slow pace with which the government in Baghdad operates.

Iraq's political and military success is considered vital to U.S. interests, whether troops stay or go. And while the Iraqi government has made measurable progress in recent months, the pace at which it's done so has been achingly slow.

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I give credit where credit is due. This is good news to a degree. We still have a long way to go but some progress is better than no progress.

I hope this report is accurate.



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