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Not General Petraeus: White House To Write September Iraq Evaluation

LA Times   |  Julian E. Barnes, Peter Spiegel   |   August 15, 2007 12:29 PM

Read More: White House, Iraq, Ryan Crocker, George W. Bush, United States, U.S. Congress , Breaking Politics News
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Despite Bush's repeated statements that the report will reflect evaluations by Petraeus and Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, administration officials said it would actually be written by the White House, with inputs from officials throughout the government.

And though Petraeus and Crocker will present their recommendations on Capitol Hill, legislation passed by Congress leaves it to the president to decide how to interpret the report's data.

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