[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 24451]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 REPORT RELATIVE TO THE STATUS OF EACH OF THE 18 IRAQI BENCHMARKS, AS 
 RECEIVED DURING ADJOURNMENT OF THE SENATE ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2007--PM 25

  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 a 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.
  The second of 2 reports submitted consistent with the Act, it has 
been prepared in consultation with the Secretaries of State and 
Defense; the Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq; the United States 
Ambassador to Iraq; and the Commander, United States Central Command.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, September 14, 2007.

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