George Bush actually said...

My most important job is to help secure this country, and therefore, the decisions in Iraq are all aimed at helping do that job.

attached is the report that assesses the status of each of the 18 Iraqi benchmarks contained in the Act

The strategy I announced in January is designed to seize the initiative and create those conditions.

We continue to encourage and press them to achieve the established benchmarks, since we believe that those efforts will contribute to Iraq's...