Earlier this morning, Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) took time out from the rigors of their Iraq War hearings to play a little game of patty-cake over how well the Iraqi government has been meeting their benchmarks. Cornyn asserted - with Crocker's agreement - that the Iraqis had successfully met 12 of the 18 stipulated benchmarks. As it turns out, Crocker was off by nine. In the wrong direction.
According to John Podesta, Ray Takeyh and Lawrence J....
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