Leaked Iraq Draft Contradicts Expected Results From White House

Karen DeYoung and Thomas E. Ricks of the Washington Post reveal the details of a leaked Governmental Accountability Office report that Iraq has overwhelmingly failed to meet congressional benchmarks. The draft provides a pessimistic assessment of the situation that may be “watered down” before it reaches Congress for consideration alongside the White House’s own update next week. The GAO report recommends that “future administrative assessments of Iraq ‘would be more useful’” if more attention was given to detail and to the information compiled by other government agencies.