[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18890]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




INITIAL BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT REPORT--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
                   UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 110-45)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs and Committee on Armed Services and 
ordered to be printed:

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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