The State of Iraq: An Update – Iraq, Middle East, Islamic World, U.S. Military, U.S. Department of Defense. Jason H. Campbell, Senior Research Assistant, Foreign Policy, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy.
“To track progress, we have established Brookings benchmarks a set of goals on the political front similar to the broader benchmarks set for Baghdad by Congress last year. Our 11 benchmarks include establishing provincial election laws, reaching an oil-revenue sharing accord, enacting pension and amnesty laws, passing annual federal budgets, hiring Sunni volunteers into the security forces, holding a fair referendum on the disputed northern oil city of Kirkuk, and purging extremists from government ministries and security forces. “
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