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• The Season of Reports

  Published: September 6, 2007, 5:28 am

  Tags: Tony Snow, Geoff Morrell, George W Bush, David Petraeus, Ryan Crocker, Iraq, Gao Report, Jones Report

  lie about in their upcoming report on the "surge" in Iraq, two other reports have come along that are really stealing their thunder.  First was the GAO Report that said Iraq had met only 3 of the 18 required benchmarks, followed by the Jones Report, which described the Iraqi Army as unable to "meaningfully contribute," and the Iraqi Police

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• GAO Report Cites Waste In Anthrax Vaccine Cache

  Published: October 23, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Gao, Report, Cites, Waste, Anthrax, Vaccine, Cache, Vaxgen Inc, Biothrax, U S Department Of Defense, California, Emergent Biosolutions Inc, Gaithersburg, Joseph Lieberman, Susan Collins, The Pentagon, Food Drug Administration, U S Department Of Health Human Services

  Federal health officials are potentially wasting a stockpile of anthrax vaccine worth more than $100 million, according to a government report to be released today.

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• GAO Report Challenges Effect of Longtime U.S. Sanctions on Iran

  Published: January 17, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Gao, Report, Challenges, Effect, Longtime, U S, Sanctions, Iran, United States, George W Bush, Tehran, China, United Nations, Russia, Berlin, Condoleezza Rice, Middle East, Moscow, Nicholas Burns, Sean Mccormack, Stuart A Levey, France, Germany, U S Department Of State

  A three-year international effort to pressure Iran is faltering, with a new report to Congress questioning the impact of 20 years of U.S. economic sanctions on Tehran and a long-sought U.N. resolution against Iran in trouble.

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• GAO Report Faults Post-'Surge' Planning

  Published: June 24, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Gao, Report, Faults, Post Surge, Planning, Iraq, The Pentagon, United States, George W Bush, Iran, Syria, U S Department Of Defense, Baghdad, Coalition Provisional Authority, U S Armed Forces, U S Department Of State, U S Department Of The Treasury, U S Government Account

  The administration lacks an updated and comprehensive Iraq strategy to move beyond the "surge" of combat troops President Bush launched in January 2007 as an 18-month effort to curtail violence and build Iraqi democracy, government investigators said yesterday.

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• U.S. Funding to Pakistan Plagued With Problems, GAO Report Says

  Published: June 25, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: U S, Funding, Pakistan, Plagued, With, Problems, Gao, Report, Says, United States, The Pentagon, U S Department Of Defense, Islamabad, Tom Harkin, Pakistani Armed Forces, U S Armed Forces, James J Shinn, John Tierney, Osama Bin Laden, Robert Menendez, Al Qaeda, Husain Haqq

  The Bush administration has paid Pakistan more than $2 billion without adequate proof that the Pakistani government used the funds for their intended purpose of supporting U.S. counterterrorism efforts, congressional auditors reported yesterday. Their report concluded that more than a third of U.S....

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