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 WASHINGTON (AP) - Struggling to defend its Iraq policy, the Bush administration in a 23-page classified report will point to limited progress being made by the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
The interim assessment, which will be presented on Capitol Hill on Thursday, finds the Iraqi government has failed to pass long-promised laws that Washington has called key to national cohesion and economic recovery, such as legislation that would fairly divide Iraq's oil resources.
But in a glass-half-full approach, the report will emphasize that the Iraqi government is making some progress in about half of the areas identified earlier this year by Congress. Other areas where Baghdad is not making significant gains will be dismissed as not as critical to the long-term success in Iraq.
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