[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2082]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              ARMY CHOOSES TO KEEP CRITICAL REPORT SECRET

  (Ms. WATSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. WATSON. Madam Speaker, this week we learned that the Army refused 
to release a report it commissioned from the RAND Corporation on the 
mistakes made in the planning and the implementation of the Iraq war.
  We all know that mistakes were made. However, it's important that the 
Bush administration hear from independent voices exactly why the war in 
Iraq did not go as the administration planned.
  The RAND report, uncovered by the New York Times earlier this week, 
chided both President Bush and then-National Security Adviser, 
Condoleezza Rice, for not resolving differences between the State 
Department and the Pentagon. It also highlighted the administration's 
failure to develop a single national plan that integrated 
``humanitarian assistance, reconstruction governance, infrastructure 
development and postwar security.''
  Madam Speaker, the Bush administration has a lot of lessons to learn 
but refuses to listen to any independent critiques. I would hope the 
administration would take this report seriously and would also conclude 
that the status quo in Iraq cannot continue.
  It's time that we bring our troops home.

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