id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt pst.000063092387 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Beyond the September report : what's next for Iraq? : joint hearing before the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, September 6, 2007 4.F 76/1:IR 1/33 2007 .txt text/plain 11181 698 73 We currently have over 160.000 American troops in Iraq patrolling the streets and fighting and dying on behalf of the Iraqis. A little over a year ago, Sunni tribal leaders began cooperating with Americans in fighting al-Qaeda real progress in political reconciliation in Iraq, the level of violence Consequently, I suggest that after hearing the Iraq progress report next week, that Congress should ask the following questions: At best, Iraq is in a holding pattern dependent on the United States military to control the violence. Government of Iraq's responsibility to increase a number of Iraqi These measures are incredibly important for Iraq but may matter little to United States strategic interests in defeating al-Qaeda. A successful national strategy in Iraq is akin to a four legged stool with legs representing diplomacy, political reconciliation, economic recovery, and the military. Americans now appreciate that the military alone cannot solve the problems in Iraq. ./cache/pst.000063092387.pdf ./txt/pst.000063092387.txt