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Iraq’s Military Seen as Lagging
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Apr 10, 2008 08:24am |
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| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Thursday, April 10, 2008 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By THOM SHANKER and STEVEN LEE MYERS
Published: April 10, 2008
WASHINGTON — The recommendation by the top American commander in Iraq to suspend troop reductions reflects a bleak assessment that Iraqi forces remain unprepared to take over the mission of securing their own nation, senior administration and military officials said Wednesday.
In a second day of Congressional testimony, the commander, Gen. David H. Petraeus, left Democrats and some Republicans again frustrated as he steadfastly declined to spell out what more would have to happen on the ground before he would endorse withdrawals to take the number of American troops far below the 140,000 set to remain there after July.
In almost 20 hours of testimony over two days, General Petraeus and Ryan C. Crocker, the ambassador to Iraq, were much less specific than they were last September in assessing progress, prompting complaints that they presented no clear way for Congress or the American public to judge when or whether more troops might be on their way home.
In contrast to the information presented in September, the charts that General Petraeus offered in his testimony did not include any showing combat troops dipping below the 15 combat brigades to remain in Iraq when the troop buildup ends in July. |
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