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Iraq Has Failed to Hit Benchmarks, GAO Report Says

A new assessment by the Government Accountability Office reportedly says that Iraq has failed to meet almost all of the political and military goals layed out Congress.

The GAO issued its own report on military and political progress in Iraq, two weeks before Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker are due to issue their report, and its grades are mostly negative.

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