Pentagon Misses Deadline for Required Iraq Report

[bemildred]

Jul 14 - This past weekend, the Pentagon failed to provide Congress a required report on security and political conditions in Iraq and an assessment of the military’s "strategies of success" in stabilizing the occupied country.

In a letter released Monday, United States Congressman Marty Meehan (D-Massachusetts) called on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to come before Congress and provide details on the training of Iraqi security forces and the continuing involvement of US troops in the war torn nation, as required by a provision of the emergency spending bill signed into law last May.

That act requires the Secretary of Defense to "develop and provide to the Congress a more comprehensive set of performance indicators and measures of stability and security in Iraq."

Nationally-syndicated columnist David Broder reported the existence of the clause on July 3, but the reminder was apparently not heeded. A section of the law calls for Rumsfeld to deliver to Congress an initial report within 60 days from the date of enactment and every 90 days thereafter.

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[swag]

1. Clearly, Rummy is running the Pentagon like a business -

like Enron, Worldcom, Halliburton . . .

[norml]

2. Here's a link to a poll I conducted on whether the deadline would be met.

The deadline seems to have been missed with hardly anyone taking notice.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4071454

[sabra]

3. I remember your poll...

None of us had doubts that the deadline would be missed... it's good to see a report on it, though.

[norml]

5. 1 joker did vote that the deadline would be met, 1 day after it was missed

But before the deadline had passed the poll results were 100% that it would not be met.

[leftchick]

8. Why aren't all of the Democrats in Congress pissed about this?

:grr:

[norml]

9. Results 1 - 10 of about 28 for rumsfeld deadline benchmarks. (0.04 seconds

Results 1 - 10 of about 28 for rumsfeld deadline benchmarks. (0.04 seconds)



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DEFENSE SECRETARY DON RUMSFELD FAILS TO GIVE WAR PERFORMANCE ...
PHXNews, AZ - 19 hours ago
... POST -- President Bush is facing an early legal deadline to deliver what he has been most resistant to providing: a set of specific benchmarks for measuring ...

Answers on Iraq on way?
Cincinnati Post, OH - Jul 7, 2005
... Bush is facing an early legal deadline to deliver ... to providing: a set of specific benchmarks for measuring ... in May, Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld has until ...

Measuring progress in Iraq
Indianapolis Star, IN - Jul 6, 2005
... Bush is facing an early legal deadline to deliver ... to providing: a set of specific benchmarks for measuring ... in May, Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld has until ...

Recent editorials from New Jersey newspapers
philly.com, PA - Jul 5, 2005
... Other benchmarks might include goals for infrastructure development ... were to announce some sort of deadline for troop ... But Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and a ...

The measure of a war
Buffalo News, NY - Jul 4, 2005
... Bush is facing an early legal deadline to deliver ... to providing: a set of specific benchmarks for measuring ... in May, Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld has until ...

DAVID BRODER: Iraq needs a firm set of measurements
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, MS - Jul 3, 2005
... Bush is facing an early legal deadline to deliver ... to providing: a set of specific benchmarks for measuring ... in May, Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld has until ...

We need a gauge for war progress
Norwich Bulletin, CT - Jul 3, 2005
... Bush is facing an early legal deadline to deliver ... most resistant to providing: specific benchmarks to measure ... May, Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld has until ...

Deadline for details President has until July 11 to provide more ...
Kennebec Journal, ME - Jul 3, 2005
... Bush is facing an early legal deadline to deliver ... to providing: a set of specific benchmarks for measuring ... Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld has until ...

Metrics needed to evaluate situation in Iraq DAVID S. BRODER P
Pioneer Press, MN - Jul 3, 2005
... Bush is facing an early legal deadline to deliver ... to providing: a set of specific benchmarks for measuring ... in May, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has until ...

Deadline for details President has until July 11 to provide more ...
Central Maine Morning Sentinel, ME - Jul 3, 2005
... Bush is facing an early legal deadline to deliver ... to providing: a set of specific benchmarks for measuring ... Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld has until ...


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[ClintonTyree]

4. What, and be held accountable for something?

This administration is not accountable for ANYTHING, you know that!

Congress is acting like they're supposed to have some kind of over-sight or something. :silly: Yeah, right!

[leftchick]

6. where is all of the 'good news'???

<snip>

The Boston Globe reported that the Pentagon indicated it is working on the report but declined to state when it would be delivered.

it must not be too good. :eyes:

[Ilsa]

7. Something else for me to email out.

Thanks for the heads up. The MSM hasn't really bothered with this, have they?

[cliss]

10. This is not news to us. The whole Iraq fiasco

is a complete and utter failure.......except for Halliburton, Kellogg Brown & Root, etc.

I recall RumsFailed, in congressional testimony about 2 weeks ago. Someone asked him if the security situation in Iraq has improved.

"No, not really" was RumsFool's reply.

Nothing new here.:smoke:

[othermeans]

11. Yeah where are the new Abu Ghraib pictures they were supposed to release?

[bennywhale]

12. Theft and toture conference.