United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-09-07 monographic deposited born digital 17 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-1230T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1230T P0b002ee180399235 f:d071230t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1230T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1230T GAO-07-1230T Benchmark testing Economic stabilization Foreign governments Foreign policies Interagency relations Iraq War and reconstruction Legislation Policy evaluation Security assessments Program implementation Iraq Testimony A75867 This testimony is intended to discuss our report on whether or not the government of Iraq has met 18 benchmarks contained in the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 20072 (the Act). The Act requires GAO to report on the status of the achievement of these benchmarks. Consistent with GAO's core values and our desire to be fair and balanced, we also considered and used a "partially met" rating for some benchmarks. In comparison, the Act requires the administration to report on whether satisfactory progress is being made toward meeting the benchmarks. The benchmarks cover Iraqi government actions needed to advance reconciliation within Iraqi society, improve the security of the Iraqi population, provide essential services to the population, and promote economic well-being. To complete this work, we reviewed U.S. agency and Iraqi documents and interviewed officials from the Departments of Defense, State, and the Treasury; the Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) and its subordinate commands; the Defense Intelligence Agency; the Central Intelligence Agency; the National Intelligence Council; and the United Nations. These officials included Ryan Crocker, the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, and General David H. Petraeus, Commander of the Multi-National Force-Iraq. We made multiple visits to Iraq during 2006 and 2007, most recently from July 22 to August 1, 2007. Our analyses were enhanced by approximately 100 Iraq-related reports and testimonies that we have completed since May 2003. We conducted our review in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1230T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1230T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1230T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1230T.pdf GAO-07-1230T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1230T Testimony GAO-07-1230T; Securing, Stabilizing, and Rebuilding Iraq: Iraqi Government Has Not Met Most Legislative, Security, and Economic Benchmarks; Benchmark testing Economic stabilization Foreign governments Foreign policies Interagency relations Iraq War and reconstruction Legislation Policy evaluation Security assessments Program implementation Iraq Public Law 110-28