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Army Buried Report Critical of Iraq Planning

Posted Feb 11, 08 10:29 AM CST in Politics,  World 

(Newser) – A federally funded report harshly critical of President Bush's management of rebuilding efforts in Iraq was deliberately buried by the Army, reports the New York Times. The 2005 assessment by the RAND Corp. accused Bush of failing to smooth over interagency rivalries. It criticized the "uneven quality" of a State Department plan for reconstruction and said the military had a “fundamental misunderstanding” of necessities for securing postwar Iraq.

“Throughout the planning process, tensions between the Defense Department and the State Department were never mediated by the president or his staff,” the report said. A nonclassified version of the report intended for civilian consumption, to stimulate debate on better preparation for similar situations, was never released. An Army spokesman said the assessment looked at broader issues than what was "desired by the Army."

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A U.S. soldier secures the scene of a car bombing in central Baghdad, Iraq Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. Twin car bombs targeted a meeting of U.S.-allied Sunni tribal leaders near the compound of one of Iraq's...   (Associated Press)
US President George W. Bush.   (Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice (L) and Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari.   (Getty Images (by Event) Individuals)
Former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.   (Getty Images (by Event))
A wounded man stands at the scene of car bombing in central Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)   (Associated Press)
An Iraqi soldier stands guard as a pipeline burns in the background after an explosion 30 kilometers (20 miles) northeast of Tikrit, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Bassem Daham)   (Associated Press)
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