[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 111 (Thursday, July 12, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S9129]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


   INITIAL ASSESSMENT REPORT RELATIVE TO THE IRAQI BENCHMARKS--PM 20

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Consistent with section 1314 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' 
Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 
2007 (Public Law 110-28) (the ``Act''), attached is the report that 
assesses the status of each of the 18 Iraqi benchmarks contained in the 
Act and declares whether satisfactory progress toward meeting these 
benchmarks is, or is not, being achieved.
  This report has been prepared in consultation with the Secretaries of 
State and Defense; Commander, Multi-National Forces-Iraq; the United 
States Ambassador to Iraq; and the Commander of United States Central 
Command.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, July 12, 2007.

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