Reply #4: ap; Pentagon Report Will Note Iraq Progress ...notice it was due June 11

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By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer
20 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - There has been encouraging progress toward stabilizing Iraq, even while insurgents and foreign fighters "remain effective, adaptable and intent on carrying out attacks," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Wednesday.

Rumsfeld previewed a comprehensive Iraq report to Congress that was due July 11, the first in a series of required periodic assessments. Lawmakers have been pressing the Pentagon to provide more specific data to measure progress.

Sen. Edward Kennedy (news, bio, voting record), D-Mass., accused the Pentagon last week of delaying the report.

"It is unconscionable that the administration has failed to give the American people a straight answer about how many Iraqi security forces are adequately trained and equipped and able to defend Iraq's security on their own," he said.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050720/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/iraq_pentagon_report