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Jun 1 08 2:38 PM

This report is submitted consistent with section 1227 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163) concerning United States Policy in Iraq. The Report covers current military, diplomatic, political, and economic measures that are being or have been undertaken to complete our mission in Iraq successfully. The Report is organized into the following areas: (1) current mission and measures taken to support it; (2) Iraqi progress towards a sustainable political settlement; (3) conditions necessary for a transfer of security responsibility; (4) Iraqi Security Forces capacity and readiness, which contribute to the transfer of security responsibility; (5) criteria used to evaluate progress in that area; and (6) our plan for successfully completing the mission.

"I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." ~~John 15:5~~