Attempts by American-led reconstruction teams to forge political reconciliation, foster economic growth and build an effective police force and court system in Iraq have failed to show significant progress in nearly every one of the nation’s provincial regions and in the capital, a federal oversight agency reported on Thursday.
The report, by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, comes as the United States tries to take advantage of a drop in overall violence to create a functioning government here.
Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general, testified about the report to a House Armed Services subcommittee yesterday.
And this, of course, directly contradicts what Gen. BetrayUs, I mean Patraeus told Congress.