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On Tues the Associated Press gleefully reported:

WASHINGTON — A progress report on Iraq will conclude that the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad has not met any of its targets for political, economic and other reform, speeding up the Bush administration’s reckoning on what to do next, a U.S. official said Monday.

One likely result of the report will be a vastly accelerated debate among President Bush’s top aides on withdrawing troops and scaling back the U.S. presence in Iraq. Well their source must once again have been Jamil Hussein as Fox sets the record straight:

U.S. Official: Iraq Progress Good on 8 of 18 Benchmarks

WASHINGTON — A U.S. official said Thursday the Iraq government has been given a satisfactory rating on eight of 18 political and security benchmarks measured in an interim White House report to Congress, a mixed rating on two and an unsatisfactory rating on eight benchmarks.

Officials emphasize this is an interim report to measure progress in Iraq, and they continue to place emphasis on a report due in September, which will include comments and recommendations of Gen. David Petraeus, head of Multinational Forces in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker.

President Bush is expected to make comments after the White House Iraq Report to Capitol Hill is released in full Thursday morning.

Is there any question why the majority of Americans don't trust the Press and why so many newspapers across the country are struggling to survive?