Stabilizing Iraq: Preliminary Observations on Budget and Management Challenges of Iraq's Security Ministries
Abstract
In November 2005, the President issued the National Strategy for Victory in Iraq. According to the strategy, victory will be achieved when Iraq is peaceful, united, stable, secure, well integrated into the international community, and a full partner in the global war on terror. To help Iraq achieve this, the U.S. is, among other efforts, helping strengthen the capabilities of the Iraq Ministries of Defense and Interior (police forces) so they can assume greater responsibility for the countrys security. The United States has provided about $15.4 billion to develop Iraqi security forces and institutions. In this testimony, GAO discusses preliminary observations on (1) U.S. and Iraqi funding to develop and sustain the Iraqi security forces, and (2) key challenges the United States and Iraq face in improving the security ministries' operations and management. This statement is based on prior GAO reports, recent fieldwork in Iraq and Department of Defense, U.S. Treasury and Embassy budget documents. GAO added information to this statement in response to comments from Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq. We completed the work in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 22, 2007
- Accession Number
- AD1172141
Entities
People
- B. P. Hickey
- Bruce Kutnick
- Daniel C. Cain
- Elisabeth Helmer
- Jody Mccloskey
- Joseph A. Christoff
- Lynn Cothern
- Mary Moutsos
- Mattias Fenton
- Nanette Barton
- Stephen M. Lord
- Tetsuo Miyabara
- Timothy Wedding
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office