Progress In Iraq (scared to click aren't ya?)

[Roybert]

From "This Week with George Stephanopoulis" JANUARY 25 , 2005 (interview w/ J. Negroponte)

QUESTION: Mr. Ambassador, I want to get to the election and what is going to spring from that in a moment, but during the Condoleezza Rice’s confirmation hearings this week, there was a discussion about Iraqi -- the Iraqi military, the state of their readiness, particularly because the Iraqi military will play the lead role in protection at the polling places next Sunday. Now, she and Senator Joe Biden of Delaware disagreed sharply about how many Iraqi troops have been adequately trained. Let’s watch that exchange, if we can:

Dr. Rice: “We think the number right now is somewhere over 120,000.”



Close, Condi. Real close.