Iraq: Government Formation and Benchmarks

Abstract

Elections in 2005 produced a permanent constitution and a broad-based but Shiite-led government that has been unwilling or unable to take major steps to reduce Sunni popular resentment and is showing signs of fragmentation. An FY2007 supplemental appropriation (P.L. 110-28) mandated Administration reports by July 15 and September 15, 2007, and a GAO report by September 1, 2007, assessing Iraqi government progress on eighteen "benchmarks" that are intended to promote political reconciliation. See CRS Report RL31339, Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, by Kenneth Katzman.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 20, 2007
Accession Number
ADA474360

Entities

People

  • Kenneth Katzman

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Law
  • Alliances
  • Assembly
  • Congress
  • Elections
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Kurds
  • Law
  • Minority Groups
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Sectarian Violence
  • Security
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting