Petraeus Now Claims White House Won't Write Report

Petraeus Now Claims White House Won't Write Report

Congressional Democrats, back from a quick trip to Iraq, said U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus assured them the White House wouldn't write his upcoming report.

Petraeus, the overall military commander in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker are scheduled next month to give Congress a definitive report on progress in the war.

A number of news reports cited sources who said the report would actually be written by the Bush administration. A CNN poll earlier this month said 53 percent of the public suspect the report will try to make the situation look better than it is and 43 percent said they didn't trust the report.

But the three Democrats returning from Iraq said Petraeus assured them that he and Crocker would be writing the report themselves.

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