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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (21984)	8/20/2007 6:42:07 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

"Levin, Warner pessimistic on Iraq Posted: Monday, August 20, 2007 2:11 PM by Mark Murray Categories: Congress, Security From NBC's Ken Strickland After returning from a two-day visit to Iraq, bipartisan members of the Senate Armed Services Committee -- Carl Levin and John Warner -- say the surge has produced some results and has "provided a degree of 'breathing space' for Iraqi politicians" to make political compromises. But these senators warned they're "not optimistic about the prospects for those compromises." They issued a joint press release today. "Given the performance of the Iraqi political leadership to date -- we remain extremely cautious in our expectations, as does our distinguished U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Ambassador Ryan Crocker," they wrote. In several meeting with Iraqi leaders, "we witnessed a great deal of apprehension regarding the capabilities of the current Iraqi government to shed its sectarian biases and act in a unifying manner. They said that in the absence of political reconciliation may be laying to groundwork for additional problems. "We may be inadvertently helping to create another militia which will have to be dealt with in the future." firstread.msnbc.msn.com